Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by MinterEllison lawyer and former Wallaby Pat McCabe. Pat, a former professional rugby player, played 24 matches for the Australian Wallabies and made 66 appearances for the ACT Brumbies, before suffering his third broken neck and being forced into retirement. In this episode, Pat tells Jerome how he managed life in the immediate aftermath of sudden retirement, how he found studying law while being a professional rugby player, and what similarities he sees between life on-field and the legal workplace. 

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Herbert Smith Freehills’ director of alternative legal services, Hilary Goodier. Tune in to hear Jerome and Ms Goodier discuss what law firms need to do in order to retain the best talent moving forward, necessary adjustments to legal service delivery in a full suite offering, and the various challenges and opportunities abound in establishing NewLaw teams under the umbrella of an already-established firm. 

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Holman Webb partner Tal Williams to talk about electronic signatures.  Tune in to hear Jerome and Mr Williams talk about what e-sigs are, where they are at – jurisprudentially and practically – and the impact on daily legal practice and service delivery for clients in an ever-evolving technological landscape. Plus, we discuss the use of fingerprints and retina scans for contract signings, and how far off we are from such actions in daily legal life.

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by EAGLEGATE Lawyers principal Nicole Murdoch to discuss the vexed issues surrounding a recent PEXA hack and related cyber security and fraud considerations.   In this episode, Jerome and Ms Murdoch talk about meeting some of the challenges pertaining to protection of client and firm interests from cyber fraud and hacking, and in particular, what we’ve learned from past breaches, and where to from here.   

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by two of his colleagues at Lawyers Weekly’s parent company, Momentum Media: head of editorial and editor of Accountants Daily and SMSF Adviser, Katarina Taurian, and editor of mortgage broking title, The Adviser, Annie Kane.  In this episode, Jerome, Ms Taurian and Ms Kane discuss the prevalence of psychological distress, anxiety, depression and other related ailments in the legal, accounting, SMSF and mortgage broking spaces, the similarities across these professional services realms, and what can be done by the respective industry bodies and individuals within them to address said issues.  www.lawyersweekly.com.au

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, brought to you by Practical Law, we dive into the technology space focusing on the adoption of specialised legal technology by in-house legal teams. Lawyers Weekly Director Phil Tarrant is joined by a panel of experts to cover the biggest challenges currently faced by legal departments and the role technology can play as an enabler to deliver a more agile service to their organisations. www.lawyersweekly.com.au

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Sydney-based barristers Simeon Beckett and Susan Phillips. In this episode, Mr Beckett and Ms Phillips explain why it is so important for the Australian Constitution to acknowledge the First Nations peoples and what change will emerge as a result, why the Bar Associations are so supportive of such a change, and the role of member associations across our national legal profession on sociocultural or political matters. www.lawyersweekly.com.au

We are pleased to bring you a special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, in recognition of R U OK? Day 2018. Jerome Doraisamy is joined by non-executive director of R U OK? and partner at Hall & Wilcox, Kathryn Howard. Jerome and Kathryn discuss why initiatives such as R U OK? Day are so important for lawyers, why open, honest conversations must be had every single day, how best legal institutions and individuals within firms can identify the signs and symptoms of elevated stress and anxiety and take meaningful action. www.lawyersweekly.com.au

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by non-executive director of Marist180, Claire Bibby, and the founder of SmartWomen Connect, Fiona Craig. Following the launch of our new Corporate Counsel title, we bring to you a discussion of the issues and challenges facing corporate counsel, navigating technological change, evolution in collaborative relationships with BigLaw and boutique firms, necessary upskilling and vocational considerations for all lawyers, young and old.  www.lawyersweekly.com.au

In mid-2010, Bayer introduced a new, permanent contraceptive implant called Essure to the Australian pharmaceutical market. Eight years later, upon hearing reports that hundreds of women across Australia had suffered complications from the device, Slater and Gordon announced it would pursue a class action against Bayer. On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Slater and Gordon associate Ebony Birchall to discuss this class action and reveal the outcome that claimants are hoping for. www.lawyersweekly.com.au