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]
Victorian Bar elects new president
The Victorian Bar has elected Wendy Harris QC as its new president, who will take over from Dr Matt Collins QC who has now completed his two-year term.
THE BAR • Mon, 18 Nov 2019
New national workplace relations firm launches
A specialist workplace law firm, comprised mostly of former K&L Gates practitioners, has simultaneously opened offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth with nine ...
SME LAW • Mon, 18 Nov 2019
‘I never believed recovery was going to be possible for me’
A combination of writing, hitting the gym, playing rugby and adopting a new outlook has provided student Sophia Hatzis with all the tools needed to remain healthy, happy ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 18 Nov 2019
Will any firms lose their QLD government contracts for not meeting pro bono targets?
The Queensland Government has mandated that any firms it outsources work to must meet their pro bono commitments, or risk suspension or termination from government work
BIG LAW • Sun, 17 Nov 2019
Bakers appoints new global head of climate change
Global firm Baker McKenzie has appointed one of its Sydney-based partners to head up the firm’s international climate change practice.
BIG LAW • Sun, 17 Nov 2019
Urgent need for more affordable justice in SME space
The rule is law is undermined if justice is neither accessible nor affordable, and clients with matters in the family law and employment dispute resolution space are ...
SME LAW • Thu, 14 Nov 2019
ALS expresses sympathy over another death in custody
Aboriginal Legal Service has offered its condolences for a 20-year-old Indigenous man who died while being escorted from hospital to a correctional centre earlier this ...
POLITICS • Thu, 14 Nov 2019
Lawpath gets $4.4m funding boost
Australian legal startup Lawpath recently closed a $4.4 million oversubscribed fundraising round, which its CEO says reflects a change in attitude towards the online ...
NEWLAW • Thu, 14 Nov 2019
3 in 4 firms think law schools aren’t properly equipping grads for success
An overwhelming majority of Australian law firms believe that graduates do not finish university with the skills they need to succeed in modern practice, new research ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 13 Nov 2019