Top-up time: Don’t get caught short with your professional indemnity insurance

With the end of the financial year on the horizon, law firms around Australia will be turning their attention to...

09 May 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Resourcefulness key when faced with flat or reduced budgets (particularly in uncertain times)

With more in-house legal teams being forced to budget for uncertain times, being strategic about how resources are...

06 May 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

NAB extends lenders mortgage insurance waiver to lawyers

The National Australia Bank (NAB) has moved to waive the cost of lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) for more...

05 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

The potential and pitfalls of CBDCs

As Australia considers the possibility of introducing central bank digital currencies, a partner at a national law firm...

28 February 2025

By Grace Robbie

AML Edge launches to help lawyers prepare for looming AML/CTF reforms

Lawyers Weekly’s sister company, Captivate Q, has unveiled a must-attend event for all practitioners preparing to...

10 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Natural to expect’ firm costs will reflect AI-inspired efficiency

Not only should the increasing use of artificial intelligence by external providers have a flow-on effect on charge-out...

21 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Legal team budgets are (finally) on the rise

After years of being told to do more with less, can law departments finally see the light at the end of the financial...

08 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

GenAI helping law departments cut costs, research says

New findings highlight the “transformative impact” that generative AI has on the spending habits of in-house legal...

08 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

The 3 pressures contributing to the surge in personal insolvency

There are critical financial pressures responsible for the recent increase in personal insolvencies, a specialist...

05 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

Implementing ‘scalable, repeatable and predictable’ business models

While legal tech and innovation can bring wide-reaching value to firms, this pair said that practitioners should avoid...

04 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Adapting your firm during periods of low client retention and cash flow

In times of low client retention and cash flow, law firms must adopt innovative and cost-effective strategies to boost...

22 July 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Aussie SMEs struggling, data reveals

The performance of SME firms across the country has been calculated at -2.0 in comparison to GDP for May 2024,...

18 July 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Firms that simply increase charge-out rates are selfish, fat, and lazy

Increasing prices is certainly one lever that can be used to help balance firm budgets, but I’d argue that law firms...

16 July 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

When it comes to insurance, cheaper doesn’t mean better

While better deals on top-up professional indemnity (PI) insurance will be welcome news for local law firms, it’s...

27 June 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Shine Lawyers hires litigation finance manager

National plaintiff firm Shine Lawyers has appointed a new litigation finance manager, who has had a “decorated...

27 June 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

How the cost-of-living crisis is keeping victims of financial abuse from leaving

Australia’s cost-of-living crisis has reached critical levels, placing growing pressure on individuals and families...

12 June 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

HSF appoints new managing partner for finance in Australia, Asia

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has named a new managing partner in Australia and Asia for its finance...

07 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Is poverty a real threat for law students?

The proportion of students enrolled in higher education has been consistently on the rise for years. With this influx,...

29 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Accountability is here: What you need to know about gender pay gap reporting

Today (27 February) is the launch of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s (WGEA) gender pay gap reporting. Here, we...

27 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Will the release of gender pay gap data impact legal recruitment activity?

Ahead of the publication of the gender pay gaps of Australian employers with more than 100 workers later this week,...

26 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy