Jerome Doraisamy

Slater and Gordon considers class action over sporting grants scandal

Plaintiff firm Slater and Gordon is considering launching a class action over the “sports rorts” scandal.

BIG LAW • Mon, 20 Jan 2020

Ashurst responds to reports of underpaying staff

International law firm Ashurst has responded to reports from earlier this week that its junior lawyers have been paid below minimum rates.

BIG LAW • Mon, 20 Jan 2020

Balancing life as a barrister and a parent

Life at the bar is, arguably, one of the more challenging vocational paths a legal professional can embark on. The assumption of parental responsibilities can and does ...

THE BAR • Mon, 20 Jan 2020

4 ways your firm can take meaningful action on climate change

Law firms can wield considerable influence in the advisory, advocacy and litigious spaces to combat the effects of climate change – if they choose to do so, argues the ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 19 Jan 2020

Should law schools help emerging professionals learn ‘how to adult’?

It is important for educational institutions to assist the students of today, enrolled in law or otherwise, to better appreciate how to be functioning adults for ...

CAREERS • Sun, 19 Jan 2020

Application to stay decision cancelling lawyer’s practising certificate refused

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has refused to stay a decision from QLS to cancel the practising certificate of Adam Magill.

SME LAW • Thu, 16 Jan 2020

Non-traditional workspaces ‘open your mind to possibility’

Changing up your office environment goes beyond a desire to shake things up – personally, professionally and financially, there are many flow-on benefits, argues one ...

SME LAW • Thu, 16 Jan 2020

Rejuvenation key to success in boutique practice

Boutique practitioners are “constantly on high alert”, and thus it is crucial to have a space to recharge the batteries so as to come back to work the next day ready to ...

SME LAW • Thu, 16 Jan 2020

Family law system has been ‘neglected, underfunded and under-resourced’

Australia’s judicial system for family law is a “critical piece of social justice infrastructure” that desperately needs greater resourcing and commitments to specific ...

THE BAR • Wed, 15 Jan 2020