Combating ‘broification’, ‘Baby Reindeer’-like workplace conduct, and the entrenched gender pay gap

New mandatory equality and wellbeing barrister training proposed by the Australian Bar Association could help fight...

06 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

A former FWC vice president on the need for humane, patient (and efficient) justice

A former FWC vice president has shared his view on how commissioners should approach their role in the nation’s...

17 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Emoji use not (yet) widespread for lawyers

Despite a Canadian court’s ruling last year that the “thumbs-up” emoji was sufficient evidence to validate a...

25 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Complaints against Shane Drumgold dropped by ACT Bar

The ACT Bar Association has dismissed 10 grounds of complaint against the territory’s former chief prosecutor, with...

15 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Best practice for lawyers amid new state cyber standards

As the regulatory landscape evolves in response to the escalating threat of cyber attacks, a cyber lawyer has...

30 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Qld sole practitioner reprimanded over disclosure blunder

The sole practitioner of a Queensland law firm was reprimanded over his failure to make “full and frank...

24 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Finding solutions to the scourge of bullying and harassment

Psychosocial hazards in the legal profession: A state-based regulator’s recent move to enhance workplace wellbeing,...

19 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Our profession is facing a crisis

Having heard countless stories like my own, I can confidently say that workplace bullying and harassment are not...

18 April 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

The most sought-after BigLaw firms, OAIC investigations, and more: What’s hot in law this week (19–23 Feb)

This week, Lawyers Weekly unveiled its annual Attraction Firms ranking, detailing which firms lawyers most want to move...

24 February 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Judge, government appeal $300k order for false imprisonment

A federal court judge found to have falsely imprisoned a man for contempt of court has filed an

02 October 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Eliminating racism in the legal profession and the importance of strategic communication

The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. We cannot accept discrimination in the legal profession, writes...

17 August 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

PTSD, emojis and a fake lawyer: What’s hot in law this week (10–14 July)

From a former pilot pretending to be a lawyer to the “thumbs-up” emoji being sufficient for a binding contract, the...

15 July 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Federal Court bans finfluencer

The Federal Court of Australia has issued a permanent injunction against social media finfluencer Tyson Scholz,...

14 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Disrespectful, highly offensive and embarrassing’ conduct sees lawyer reprimanded

A Western Australia-based lawyer has been found to have engaged in professional misconduct and will not be granted a...

04 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lawyer convicted of misappropriating almost $1m in client funds struck off

A sole principal, who was sentenced to more than two years’ imprisonment for misappropriating nearly $1 million held...

25 January 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Allens solicitor to avoid disciplinary proceedings despite ‘substantiated’ sexual harassment allegations

Although it agreed there was “sufficient evidence” that a senior associate at global law firm Allens sexually...

15 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Convicted lawyer who transferred over $9m of client money to fund gambling addiction struck off

A former Atanaskovic Hartnell lawyer, who was sentenced to six years imprisonment following conviction on six counts of...

13 April 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

High Court publishes policy on workplace conduct for justices

The seven justices of the High Court of Australia have unveiled a new workplace policy, including a prohibition on...

29 March 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Write correspondence as if a judge will read it

Too often, correspondence with opposing parties devolves into inappropriate point-scoring, aggression, and...

23 September 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy

Dating apps and professional conduct implications

With the rapid evolution of social media and dating applications, workplace policy relating to employee conduct can...

14 February 2020

By Tasha Levy