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Here, the reigning Personal Injury Partner of the Year reflects on why psychological injury claims "are a real hot-button topic" right now, why workers may delay lodging such claims, and the misconceptions around such lodgement.

Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Gain Lawyers founder Jeremy Roche about why he's so motivated to be a personal injury lawyer, his reflections on the recently held Partner of the Year Awards, the state of affairs for psychological injury claims, the disparity between how Australian jurisdictions manage such claims, the complexities with such injuries compared to other ailments, what constitutes best practice for lawyers working in this space, and where such claims are headed in the future.
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From warnings of a graduate jobs crisis to predictions that artificial intelligence will reshape the profession, law students are being bombarded with reasons to worry about their future. But one recent law graduate says much of the alarm is nothing more than "fear mongering" – and believes the outlook for aspiring lawyers is far brighter than many headlines suggest.

In a recent episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Grace Robbie speaks with Sai Muthukumar, a paralegal with Gilbert + Tobin and the Attorney-General's Department, about the recent headlines suggesting law graduates are struggling to secure entry-level roles, argues that much of the narrative is "fear mongering", and explains why aspiring lawyers should remain confident despite the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and technological disruption.
Muthukumar also explores the growing legal technology skills gap among law graduates, calls on law schools to better equip students with practical legal tech skills, urges aspiring lawyers to take the initiative to upskill themselves, explains why human skills are becoming more valuable for young lawyers to possess than ever in an AI-driven profession, and encourages law students to make the most of their university experience, reminding them that building connections, gaining practical experience, and enjoying the journey are just as important as academic success.


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Justice shouldn't be determined by your postcode, yet for many people across regional and remote NSW, that remains the reality. In this episode, Ronan MacSweeney and Danielle Ford examine the growing access-to-justice gap, the barriers facing communities outside metropolitan areas, and why action to address the issue cannot wait.

In a recent episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Grace Robbie speaks with Ronan MacSweeney, president of the Law Society of NSW, and Dannielle Ford, president of the Central West Regional Law Society and director solicitor at Cheney Suthers Lawyers, about the current state of access to justice in regional and remote NSW, as well as the real-world consequences communities face due to limited infrastructure investment outside metropolitan areas.
The discussion also reflects on a recent two-day forum in Orange, which brought together more than 20 leading legal professionals from across NSW to confront the challenges facing regional and remote communities, the growing pressures on practitioners outside metropolitan areas, and the factors driving fewer lawyers to regional practice. It highlights the urgent areas requiring investment and attention, stresses the importance of NSW taking a long-term approach to planning for regional legal services, and calls for more lawyers to consider the rewarding career opportunities, lifestyle benefits, and community impact that come with practising in regional and remote areas.
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In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with Gerard Malouf & Partners, we explore what clients' hardship teaches lawyers in personal injury about advocacy, trust, and justice.
Host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Gerard Malouf & Partners deputy managing partner Garbis Kolokossian about the firm's approach to personal injury, how this practice area is perceived by the rest of the profession, what clients need when they walk into the office, and the approach that must be taken, what his work has taught him about resilience and human behaviour, how personal injury lawyers can strike the right balance between resilience and becoming numb to the work, what personal injury work may look like in the future, and what will constitute best practice for lawyers in this space moving forward.
To learn more about Gerard Malouf & Partners, click here.
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As law firms get their heads around the new obligations for designated services under the expanded AML/CTF regime, firm owners can't overlook the subsequent duties under the Privacy Act they also now have to comply with.

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Law & Cyber founder Simone Herbert-Lowe to discuss the workload coming for cyber lawyers in the new financial year, privacy obligations for designated service providers, what these obligations mean in practice for law firms, guidance from the courts and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) on such matters, reasonableness of a law firm's efforts to comply, practical steps that firms must take, and broader advice for law firm owners to navigate the shifting sands.

Clarification from Simone Herbert-Lowe: On reflection, in this episode I said that family lawyers and wills & estates lawyers who occasionally transfer property, via a family law settlement or probate, are generally providing a designated service. That's not quite right. Most such transfers are exempt under the AML/CTF Act's court order exemption. The real risk areas are transfers under binding financial agreements, estate transfers made without a grant of probate, and creating or restructuring trusts as part of a settlement or estate plan, none of which the court order exemption covers.
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