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Lessons from the cyber attacks on Brydens Lawyers, Aussie super funds
For law firms and in-house teams alike, there are key takeaways from recent high-profile cyber security incidents...
11 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Legal lessons from ‘Bazball’, Ashes cricket and the Matildas’ World Cup run
BigLaw partner Peter Hunt, an avid sports fan, says there is much that legal professionals can learn from the new-age...
16 August 2023
By Robyn Tongol
Legal implications and lessons from Network Ten v van Onselen
Last month, NSW Supreme Court Justice David Hammerschlag found that Peter van Onselen breached his redundancy contract...
03 August 2023
By Lauren Croft
Lessons from 40+ years in practice
Prominent personal injury lawyer Henry Carus has been in practice for four decades. While it has not always been an...
14 July 2023
By Robyn Tongol
Lessons for criminal lawyers from Reeves v NSW
A judge recently ruled that a man held in an interview room by NSW Police despite repeatedly telling them he did not...
19 June 2023
By Lauren Croft
Lessons for Australia in implementing ‘right to disconnect’ laws
One silk discusses how countries around the world have implemented the right to disconnect legislation and shared...
17 May 2023
By Jess Feyder
Lessons for firms from IPH’s cyber breach
ASX-listed legal services group IPH noted last week that it might be facing millions in costs as a result of its recent...
24 April 2023
By Lauren Croft
Lessons from the ‘mercy killing’ of the AAT
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal is set to be abolished. While such bodies are “critical” to Australia’s legal...
06 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Lessons from 10 years as a boutique
One boutique firm partner shares insights gleaned from the decade the firm has been...
09 February 2023
By Jess Feyder
Biggest lessons for GCs from 2022
From activism to strategic thinking, increased cost discipline to people management, the past year offered bountiful...
17 January 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
The Corporate Counsel Show: Lessons for legal counsel from the Optus cyber attack
Corporate counsel have, for some time, been cognisant of the need to be more adept with cyber security. The recent...
19 October 2022
By Robyn Tongol
Key corporate lessons from Optus breach
The Optus data breach will be the pivotal moment that leads to privacy law regulation in Australia, argues one cyber...
11 October 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Lessons from the monarchy about successful succession planning
Whilst quietly acknowledging HRH Queen Elizabeth II’s recent passing and her remarkable life well-lived, the end of...
23 September 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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‘You start to see the bigger firms in a very different light’
Moving from BigLaw to start his own boutique firm has taught this principal solicitor a lot about what he doesn’t...
21 July 2022
By Lauren Croft
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Protégé: Money lessons I wish I’d learned in law school
Better managing one’s money isn’t just good practice for general life, says law-graduate-turned-financial-educator...
20 July 2022
By Robyn Tongol
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What boutiques can learn from BigLaw
Whilst many boutique firm owners who leave BigLaw aim to create different working environments, there are a number of...
14 July 2022
By Lauren Croft
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Misconceptions and lessons about workplace vaccine mandates
In determining whether or not to implement mandates for COVID-19 vaccinations, legal employers should first be aware of...
03 September 2021
By Jerome Doraisamy
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Lessons from trauma about the importance of legal service
International humanitarian lawyer and former war crimes prosecutor Rabia Siddique believes that anyone has the ability...
09 April 2020
By Tasha Levy
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