Labor accused of stacking FWC with ‘union and lawyer mates’

A principal from Maurice Blackburn has been named as deputy president of the Fair Work Commission, while four other...

26 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

ACT Law Society appoints new president

Following the resignation of the incumbent, the vice president and chair of council of the ACT Law Society has assumed...

18 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

What the new NSW Law Society president is focused on

The newly elected president of the Law Society of NSW has identified four key priorities that will serve as focal...

06 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Victorian Bar president says criminal law background a ‘benefit’

For the first time in almost four decades, a criminal law barrister will sit at the helm of the Victorian Bar. In a...

20 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

SA Law Society appoints new president

The Law Society of South Australia has welcomed a new president ready to tackle and address some of the most critical...

15 January 2025

By Grace Robbie

Criminal barrister first in decades to become president of Victorian Bar

A criminal barrister has become the first in a “very long time” to be appointed president of the Victorian...

16 December 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators elects Holding Redlich partner as new president

A partner from national law firm Holding Redlich has been elected as the new president of the Chartered Institute of...

24 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Children’s lawyer named WA Law Society president for 2025

Gary Mack, who is the mayor of West Australian town Cambridge, as well as an independent children’s lawyer and family...

11 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Ahead of US election, GCs should prepare for regulatory shifts

General counsel should be preparing for different scenarios ahead of the presidential election in the United States,...

03 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Inaugural First Nations silk named as part-time ALRC commissioner

Tony McAvoy SC has been appointed a part-time commissioner of the Australian Law Reform...

06 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Human Rights Act a top priority for new AHRC president

Hugh de Kretser has officially commenced his role as the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, with the...

30 July 2024

By Grace Robbie

Law firm director new Australian Lawyers Alliance president

A director of Maurice Blackburn was named the new national president of the Australian Lawyers

18 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

WATCH: A-G, Law Society warmly welcomes Industrial Court president

The new president to head up the latest chapter of the NSW Industrial Court was praised during his welcome ceremony for...

10 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

New vice president, 2 commissioners appointed to Fair Work Commission

A senior counsel has been named as the new vice president of the Fair Work Commission, while an additional two...

28 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

WA appoints new deputy SAT president, District Court judge

West Australian Attorney-General John Quigley has appointed a new deputy president of the State Administrative...

12 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

A-G to meet with senior members of Biden administration

Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Mark Dreyfus KC MP is travelling to Washington, DC, this week to meet...

31 January 2024

By Lauren Croft

Addressing the ‘new frontier’ of AI to be central for NSW practitioners in 2024

The Law Society of NSW is set to launch an AI taskforce to assist the state’s legal professionals with the challenges...

31 January 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

CLOC names Netflix legal ops chief as new president

The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium has appointed the LA-based director of legal operations and technology at...

09 January 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Perth-based silk elected as new Law Council president

A new executive was named for the Law Council of Australia last weekend, with a Western Australian senior counsel being...

04 December 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Minters partner elected as new LIV president

The board of the Law Institute of Victoria has elected its new president and two deputy presidents who will serve until...

17 November 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy