Former BigLaw partner joins WRP
Adelaide-based full-service firm WRP Legal & Advisory has hired a new consultant.
SME LAW • Tue, 27 Aug 2024
Roberts Crosbie Mortensen names new special counsel
NSW-based firm Roberts Crosbie Mortensen Lawyers has promoted a commercial litigation lawyer to special counsel.
SME LAW • Tue, 27 Aug 2024
Ex-PwC GC proposes big 4 watchdog, defends partnership model
Meredith Beattie says the sector needs more oversight to address cultural issues but has opposed calls to slash partner numbers.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 27 Aug 2024
FWC finalises ‘intentionally minimalist’ Right to Disconnect award term
The Fair Work Commission has determined that the new award term for the recently legislated Right to Disconnect should be “intentionally minimalist in nature, reflecting ...
THE BAR • Sun, 25 Aug 2024
Are universities preparing law students for the real world?: Part 2
Here, four law students and graduates address and examine whether universities adequately equip their law students with the necessary knowledge to succeed once they get ...
CAREERS • Sun, 25 Aug 2024
A ‘mystifying’ unfair dismissal case and BigLaw poachings: What’s hot in law this week (19–23 Aug)
This week, a handful of the nation’s biggest firms bolstered their senior ranks by nabbing partners from rivals, and a new class action purporting to represent hundreds ...
BIG LAW • Fri, 23 Aug 2024
Pinsent Masons set to trial half-day Fridays
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has unveiled a pilot program whereby its staff can finish their working weeks at lunchtime on Fridays, with the trial coming to ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 22 Aug 2024
WA Law Society CEO to step down
The chief executive of the Law Society of Western Australia has called time on his 18-year tenure running the peak membership body for the legal profession in Australia’s ...
BIG LAW • Thu, 22 Aug 2024
CEO of Administrative Review Tribunal named
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has appointed the new chief executive and principal registrar of the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART).
POLITICS • Thu, 22 Aug 2024
