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‘A work of fiction’: Slater & Gordon to investigate ‘disparaging’ firm-wide email
An extraordinary firm-wide email circulated within Slater & Gordon, purportedly sent by its outgoing chief people...
22 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Top 10 pay and salary stories in 2024
Following a massive year, Lawyers Weekly counts down the most-read stories around salary and pay for 2024 – from Fair...
07 January 2025
By Lauren Croft
Lawyers want pay rises over perks
With a potential economic downturn on the horizon and mid-level lawyers in higher demand than ever, should firms be...
19 April 2023
By Lauren Croft
Grads’ salaries are currently inflated by 20 to 30%
Not only are law graduates seeing significant salary hikes for their entry-level roles, with some receiving up to...
17 February 2023
By Jess Feyder
Legal salaries are slowing down
While there may still be some pay increases for legal professionals in 2023, salaries will almost certainly not...
03 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
IR bill to ‘drive greater transparency’ in lawyers’ salaries
The newly introduced Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill will keep law firms and other legal employers accountable for pay...
04 November 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Candidates are driving salaries’ within the legal market
The legal profession will be a candidate’s market for at least the next two years, according to legal recruitment...
03 October 2022
By Lauren Croft
Aussie associate salaries ‘competitive’ with UK (at least for now)
New salary data shows that lawyers with up to nine years’ PQE in Australia’s major metropolitan cities are raking...
26 September 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Salaries in mid-tier firms have ‘possibly peaked’
As salaries within private practice rise “across the board”, mid-tier firms will need to focus on their culture,...
21 September 2022
By Lauren Croft
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