Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. 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]
Why ethical considerations are crucial to legal compliance
If you aren’t deliberately and systematically embedding ethical considerations into your organisational strategy and decision making, you’re playing a dangerous game of ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 17 May 2022
AAT appointments ‘have become increasingly political’, says report
Just days out from the federal election, a new study from the Australia Institute reveals how political appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal have ...
POLITICS • Mon, 16 May 2022
‘Historic and important reform’ sets up e-conveyancing for success
The NSW Parliament has passed “vital” e-conveyancing reforms, which will bolster competition and purport to deliver better outcomes for consumers and businesses.
BIG LAW • Mon, 16 May 2022
Hamilton Locke adds property partner from Piper Alderman
Fast-growing BigLaw firm Hamilton Locke has appointed a new partner for its property group in Sydney, who most recently practised at national firm Piper Alderman.
BIG LAW • Mon, 16 May 2022
‘28 by Sam Wood’ acquired for $71.2m
Exercise and nutrition program “28 by Sam Wood” has been acquired by Melbourne-founded genomics company myDNA.
BIG LAW • Mon, 16 May 2022
Aviation Training Holdings acquired, recapitalised
Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised an investor consortium on the acquisition and recapitalisation of Ansett Aviation Training.
BIG LAW • Mon, 16 May 2022
How junior lawyers can get the most out of remote working
Remote working is most taxing on junior lawyers, yet it is the topic least examined from a junior perspective, writes Mei Gong.
BIG LAW • Mon, 16 May 2022
Former NSW chief justice to lead Law Reform Commission
Attorney-General Mark Speakman has appointed the Honourable Tom Bathurst AC QC to chair the state’s independent law reform advisory body.
THE BAR • Mon, 16 May 2022
High Court decision ‘pays tribute to relationships in the modern world’
The “significant” decision of the High Court of Australia in Fairbairn v Radecki forces family lawyers to reassess what a de facto relationship is.
SME LAW • Sun, 15 May 2022