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]
Legal teams favour existing firm relationships (potentially to their detriment)
New research shows that legal departments are largely confident with their regular slate of legal service providers and perhaps aren’t doing enough to explore if those ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
Staying on top of modern slavery issues amid COVID-19
It is especially critical, in the age of coronavirus, that legal teams ensure that the prospect of modern slavery is minimised within one’s supply chain.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
REPORT: #auslaw completed ‘record’ pro bono hours in FY20
Even against the backdrop of a pandemic and subsequent economic downturn, Australian legal professionals have completed more pro bono hours than at any point in the last ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Sep 2020
CleanCo, BHP strike deal to ‘substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions’
A five-year deal has been agreed to whereby CleanCo will provide BHP with electricity from renewable sources for the latter’s coal mines in Queensland.
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Sep 2020
How to make an anonymous or bystander report
Lodging reports anonymously and/or as a bystander can help eliminate sexual harassment, discrimination or workplace bullying in Australia’s legal profession, writes Penny ...
THE BAR • Mon, 21 Sep 2020
Mental health implications from COVID-19 cannot be ignored
Make no mistake: if hospitals listened to family members of patients seeking treatment for mental illness lives would be saved, writes Daniel Opare.
BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Sep 2020
16 reappointed to AAT
The Morrison government has reappointed 16 tribunal members for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
POLITICS • Mon, 21 Sep 2020
Women in Law Awards launched for 2020
Lawyers Weekly is thrilled to present the ninth annual Women in Law Awards.
BIG LAW • Sun, 20 Sep 2020
Tax challenges emerging from JobKeeper 2.0
The biggest challenge for legal employers, in the wake of JobKeeper 2.0, will be “getting it right”, says one tax partner.
BIG LAW • Sun, 20 Sep 2020