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From a cash rate hold to discussions of men aging out of law, this week has seen some diverse and thought-provoking updates. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
For the week from 3 July to 7 July, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
A former client of Ernst & Young has received a settlement following a decade-long dispute with the firm.
Law used to be a male-dominated profession, but with more women entering the profession than ever, will it soon be a female-dominated vocation? As one law society president notes, the declining number of men becoming lawyers may soon need to be investigated.
In its July interest rate decision — its sixth for the year to date — the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia decided to hold the cash rate at 4.1 per cent.
A court ordered HWL Ebsworth to take another look at its “puzzling” discovery material as a former disgruntled capital partner who alleges he was cut out of the abandoned IPO float ramps up his legal fight.
National law firm Clayton Utz has promoted three to partner, 20 to special counsel, 35 to senior associate, and elevated six professionals in its forensic and technology team.
A law firm that advised a real estate agent on a dispute with his partner was dragged into a “hopeless and manifestly groundless” dispute and forced to face allegations of fraud and obstruction of justice.
The dean of the School of Law at Western Sydney University has been appointed as the new sex discrimination commissioner, assuming the role recently vacated by Kate Jenkins.
National law firm MinterEllison has finished FY23 by bolstering its senior ranks with 10 new partners and 81 other promotions, with women making up the majority of those promoted.
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Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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