Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of professional services (including Lawyers Weekly, HR Leader, Accountants Daily, and Accounting Times). He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation. You can email Jerome at: [email protected]
Xakia enters Japanese market
Australian-founded global legal technology company Xakia Technologies has unveiled a Japanese legal matter management platform.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Thu, 14 Oct 2021
Keypoint adds private client principal
National firm Keypoint Law has continued its growth with the appointment of a senior estate planning and litigation lawyer, who will be based in Sydney.
BIG LAW • Wed, 13 Oct 2021
In-house lawyers are exhausted
New research reveals the extent to which pandemic-inspired fatigue is slowing down the business processes of law departments and motivating in-house lawyers to leave ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 12 Oct 2021
Smokeball acquires FamilyProperty
Legal practice management software business Smokeball has moved to streamline its end-to-end experience for family law professionals by acquiring innovative dispute ...
SME LAW • Mon, 11 Oct 2021
‘The battle goes on to recover money owed to Australian businesses’
Australian businesses that are trying to recover money they believe is owed to them by their insurers for COVID-related losses will continue their fight in the Federal ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 11 Oct 2021
‘The traditional model does not focus on the client experience’
Subscription-based models that better support particular clienteles are increasingly essential as the legal profession enters the new normal, said one NewLaw practitioner
NEWLAW • Sun, 10 Oct 2021
‘Pawternity leave’ introduced at Hive Legal
Award-nominated NewLaw firm Hive Legal has unveiled a new workplace policy whereby staff members can access leave when their pets require medical care or have passed away
NEWLAW • Sun, 10 Oct 2021
The duty of emerging leaders to improve lawyers’ wellbeing
Younger legal professionals have “access to a subset of experiences that are often not directly communicated to senior leaders”, and as such, can and should be at the ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 10 Oct 2021
A critical juncture for debt recovery
When it comes to recovering what is owed to one’s clients, lawyers should be advising to “move early and move decisively”, said one partner.
SME LAW • Thu, 07 Oct 2021