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Sentencing, settlements and high-profile appointments: What’s hot in law this week (3-7 July)
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.
Jerome Doraisamy
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.
- K&L Gates names new Australian regional managing partner
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.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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