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]
Key questions lawyers should ask before adopting AI
As law firms and professional services organisations increasingly explore AI tools, many are asking where to start. Here, TransPerfect Legal’s APAC senior director has ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 12 Aug 2025
RBA reveals August 2025 cash rate call
Following last month’s shock hold, find out, in this special announcement from Legal Home Loans, if the Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to raise, hold, or cut ...
POLITICS • Tue, 12 Aug 2025
Property buyers happy with lawyers and conveyancers, not fazed by interest rates
New research from a major property technology provider shows that interest rates aren’t a concern for almost one in two Australian buyers and that lawyers and ...
SME LAW • Mon, 11 Aug 2025
‘No place for personal attacks on judicial officers’: Legal bodies defend NT coroner
Legal member associations stand behind Coroner Elisabeth Armitage of the Northern Territory, following an “extraordinary attack” in the Northern Territory Parliament last ...
POLITICS • Thu, 07 Aug 2025
Law firms facing AML staffing squeeze
Legal professionals must move quickly on hiring for AML compliance ahead of the July 2026 deadline, one expert has said.
BIG LAW • Thu, 07 Aug 2025
An ‘unusually crude’ proposed law and salary dissatisfaction: What’s hot in law this week (4–8 Aug)
This past week, research showed that two in five lawyers aren’t happy with their pay, and proceedings about alleged discrimination by a women-only social media platform ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 07 Aug 2025
The critical juncture for women and AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape our world, a disconcerting pattern and narrative is emerging: Women are being left behind in the AI revolution, ...
SME LAW • Thu, 07 Aug 2025
How SMEs and barristers can adapt to the forces reshaping legal practice
Ahead of their appearance on a panel at next week’s Australian Law Forum 2025, legal leaders outline how smaller practices navigate external market pressures.
SME LAW • Thu, 07 Aug 2025
‘But for’: Causation, conditioning, and the trouble with clean lines
In court, the phrase “but for” is the beginning of a legal test. In therapy, it’s the start of a much longer conversation, writes Rebecca Ward, MBA.
THE BAR • Wed, 06 Aug 2025