Justice Jane Paingakulam: A life less ordinary
PROFILE: Justice Jane Paingakulam, navigated an unorthodox pathway to the bench of the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW
A test of endurance
For litigation lawyer and arbitrator Tim Griffiths, penning his first novel about legendary Australian photographer Frank Hurley was an exercise in patience, creativity and passion.
A woman of influence
Jennifer Robinson, legal adviser to Julian Assange and the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, is Director of Legal Advocacy for the Bertha Foundation where…
Beating around the bush
The realities of regional, rural and remote legal practice are usually good, sometimes bad, and often surprising.
A marriage of minds
Jane McAdam and Ben Saul met as teenagers and started dating while studying arts/law at the University of Sydney. Partners for 18 years, they are…
Service and sacrifice
For lawyer and former Prime Minister John Howard OM AC, tales of a chance meeting on the battlefields of France form just one part of…
A lyrical lawyer
Maithri Panagoda is a personal injury lawyer and partner at Carroll & O’Dea. He hangs his suit coat – and his work problems – on a hook…
The Optimist: what’s next for Elizabeth Broderick?
Gender inequality is still alive in Australian workplaces and law firms are in the perfect place to change things, says Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick.
Tragedy and triumph
For Sharon Cook, the outgoing managing partner of Henry Davis York, personal tragedy has spawned a strength of character that has propelled her to great…
A rose by any other name
For new state Attorney-General Brad Hazzard, the renaming of the Department of Attorney-General and Justice is a hollow exercise that does nothing to diminish his…