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]
Djokovic saga highlights immigration issues
The speed with which tennis superstar Novak Djokovic was able to appeal and have his visa cancellation overturned has drawn attention to Australia’s treatment of refugees ...
POLITICS • Tue, 11 Jan 2022
Ensuring long-term success for a remote workforce
US-based general counsel Victoria Libin has been part of law departments that had flexible and remote working arrangements “down to a science”. Speaking to Lawyers ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 11 Jan 2022
Demand for in-house roles may continue for some time
One in-house recruiter says that, as the new working year gets underway, we may be staring down the barrel of a “fairly extensive period of demand” for corporate counsel ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 11 Jan 2022
Is ‘aggressive strategic litigation’ needed?
Too often, a fear of litigation leads clients to resolve matters via avenues that serve to save costs rather than achieve the best outcomes, says one principal.
SME LAW • Mon, 10 Jan 2022
Gilchrist Connell promotes 13
National firm Gilchrist Connell has elevated 13 professionals to more senior roles, including nine to senior associate and four to associate.
BIG LAW • Mon, 10 Jan 2022
Law Council names new executive
The Law Council of Australia has announced its newly elected 2022 executive, which assumed its duties in the new year.
BIG LAW • Mon, 10 Jan 2022
7 reflections on working with lawyers during COVID-19
The lessons of the last two years offer much insight into this coming year, writes Stuart Barnett.
BIG LAW • Sun, 09 Jan 2022
Hall & Wilcox promotes 13
National law firm Hall & Wilcox has elevated 13 professionals to more senior roles – including one new partner, two new special counsel, and 10 new senior associates ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 06 Jan 2022
‘I’m obsessed with the future of the internet and the future of technology’
From the get-go, Sarina Eggers-Stable knew she wanted to do things differently. That attitude is paying off in an ever-changing marketplace in which the “norm is breaking ...
SME LAW • Thu, 06 Jan 2022