Jerome Doraisamy

Barristers respond to new briefing targets for women

Bar associations across the country are having their say on the federal government’s move to have all Commonwealth agencies reach specific targets for briefing senior and ...

POLITICS • Mon, 02 Jul 2018

WA Justice Centre needed to reduce crime rate

New research from The University of Western Australia’s Law School has modelled out the need for a Community Justice Centre to effectively address the underlying causes ...

POLITICS • Sun, 01 Jul 2018

Putting yourself on a path to partnership

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Michael Vrisakis, corporate partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, and the winner of the Lawyers ...

PODCAST • Fri, 29 Jun 2018

King & Wood Mallesons promotes 76 senior lawyers

Global law firm King & Wood Mallesons has promoted 17 lawyers to special counsel and 59 lawyers to senior associate across its Australian offices. 

BIG LAW • Fri, 29 Jun 2018

Lawyers must overcome ‘burnout, compassion fatigue’ with refugee issues

Lawyers are “uniquely placed” to assist the most vulnerable members of our society, and thus need to ensure they are in a position to offer legal services, according to ...

POLITICS • Thu, 28 Jun 2018

Goldwind advised on financing of wind farm

Allens has advised Goldwind on the development and financing of the Stockyard Hill Wind Farm project, which commenced construction earlier this month.

BIG LAW • Thu, 28 Jun 2018

Investment Evolution Coin advised on cryptocurrency launch

Public company Investment Evolution Coin has been advised on the launch of its cryptocurrency.

SME LAW • Thu, 28 Jun 2018

HR urged to engage lawyers strategically, ‘without buzzwords’

Instead of creating roles such as chief cultural officer, human resources departments in law firms need to upend traditional, existing structures if meaningful workplace ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 28 Jun 2018

Criminal charges brought against former ACT Attorney-General

Using parliamentary privilege, independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie has revealed that the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has filed criminal charges ...

POLITICS • Thu, 28 Jun 2018