Jerome Doraisamy

Protection structures key for Australia’s future as a sporting host

If Australia wishes to be a dependable sporting event host in the future, it will be vital to get the brand and protection structures right, as well as seek ways to leave ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 22 Oct 2018

Technology should be a barrister’s best friend for networking

Technology is often perceived as a foe, but when it comes to effective networking, it should instead be an invaluable resource, according to a Melbourne-based lawyer and ...

THE BAR • Mon, 22 Oct 2018

NSW must ‘immediately follow’ Qld and decriminalise abortion

NSW is now the only jurisdiction in Australia where abortion remains a crime, and it must act now to address this anomaly, argues Australian Lawyers for Human Rights.

POLITICS • Sun, 21 Oct 2018

What can lawyers learn from 1940s literature?

West Australian-based barrister Tom Percy QC argues there are legal lessons to be learned from prominent literature from nearly 80 years ago.

BIG LAW • Sun, 21 Oct 2018

NSW Public Defenders and barrister battle over alleged ‘systemic failures’ in recruitment process

A Wollongong-based barrister has penned an explosive open letter to the NSW Public Defenders office, alleging a “compromised, unfair” process in its recruitment drive, ...

THE BAR • Fri, 19 Oct 2018

Podcast: Should BigLaw firms be housing their own NewLaw teams?

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Herbert Smith Freehills’ director of alternative legal services, Hilary Goodier.

PODCAST • Fri, 19 Oct 2018

NSW lawyer struck off for professional misconduct

A NSW-based solicitor has been removed from the roll following a finding of professional misconduct in the state’s Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

SME LAW • Fri, 19 Oct 2018

So, I didn’t get a clerkship…now what?

For those who didn’t get offered summer clerkships with law firms across the country, there still remains light at the end of the tunnel, writes Monash law student Flynne ...

CAREERS • Thu, 18 Oct 2018

Get asylum seeker children off Nauru now: LCA

The Law Council of Australia has called for asylum seeker children and their families to be moved out of offshore detention in Nauru as a matter of urgency.

POLITICS • Thu, 18 Oct 2018