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Avoiding judicial crisis and a grievance with the legal system: What’s hot in law this week (29 Jan–2 Feb)
Post-public holiday, courts across the country are back in full swing, and the big end of town is ramping up promotion and hiring. Here is your weekly round-up of the biggest stories for Australia’s legal profession.
Jerome Doraisamy
For the week from 29 January to 2 February, these were the 10 most-read stories on Lawyers Weekly (in case you missed them):
A West Australian woman accused a District Court judge of bias over her connection with a family member’s business activities.
A woman with a “genuine” grievance about the legal system and its alleged role in her mother’s death has refused to pay a boutique firm more than $20,000 in legal fees.
The Federal Court found Westpac engaged in unconscionable conduct when it executed Australia’s largest interest rate swap transaction.
NSW Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Andrew Bell said judges and magistrates need further support, or the Australian court system will risk following the United Kingdom into a judicial crisis.
National law firm Mills Oakley has added another three professionals to its partnership ranks, two of whom have come across from BigLaw rivals, and following what the firm says was a “record year of entrants” to the partnership.
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has continued to bolster its alternative legal services practice in Australia with four promotions to the leadership team.
While barristers have traditionally done most of the advocacy work within the Australian legal profession, this criminal lawyer is finding that, more than ever, solicitors can and should be undertaking advocacy work too.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has elevated three women to its partnership ranks in Australia.
In a round of new year promotions, Sparke Helmore has bolstered a number of practices with the addition of three special counsel and one senior associate.
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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