Jerome Doraisamy

New President of the NSW Court of Appeal announced

A Sydney barrister is set to assume the presidency of the NSW Court of Appeal in the state’s Supreme Court, replacing Governor-designate Justice Margaret Beazley AO QC

THE BAR • Wed, 23 Jan 2019

Draft life insurance Code of Practice ‘lacks teeth’: ALA

The draft life insurance Code of Practice that was put forward by the Financial Services Council does not deliver on key issues raised in the 2018 banking royal ...

POLITICS • Wed, 23 Jan 2019

How law firms can manage office romances: Part One

Like in many professional services industries, office romances are “quite common” in law. Lawyers Weekly spoke with a principal lawyer about some of the issues ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Jan 2019

Lawyers rubbish Morrison’s Cook voyage re-enactment plan

Australian lawyers have ridiculed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s proposal to spend nearly $7 million for a circumnavigation of the country on a replica Endeavour ship, ...

POLITICS • Tue, 22 Jan 2019

NSW One Nation proposes banning transgender self-identification

Mark Latham, as the new leader of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation in NSW, has proposed ending self-identification as transgender in order to “avoid abuse of the school ...

POLITICS • Tue, 22 Jan 2019

Law schools can do more to promote in-house careers

Law students often don’t know or even forget that companies hire lawyers in-house and, thus, are not front of mind when considering job options, says a university-based ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Jan 2019

In-house demand set to grow in 2019

New research shows that, with Australian companies set to reduce rates of outsourcing of legal work as well as a need for relevant industry experience, there will be a ...

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 22 Jan 2019

Practising certificate of Qld lawyer cancelled immediately

A Queensland-based sole practitioner has had his practising certificate cancelled with immediate effect by the state’s Civil and Administrative Tribunal after being found ...

SME LAW • Mon, 21 Jan 2019

Migration amendments recommended for passage

The Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has recommended proposed amendments to the Migration Act – which purport to strengthen character tests ...

POLITICS • Mon, 21 Jan 2019