Jill Rowbotham

Jill RowbothamLegal Affairs Correspondent

Jill Rowbotham is an experienced journalist who has been a foreign correspondent as well as bureau chief in Perth and Sydney, opinion and media editor, deputy editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine and higher education writer.

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What: Launch of Holly Kerr Forsyth's 12th book Country Gardens, Country Hospitality published by Miegunyah Press. Author Holly Kerr Forsyth and husband Ross Forsyth, of Centennial Park.

Garden writer sought the paradise of beauty

Holly Kerr Forsyth, garden expert and author of a weekly column on the subject for The Weekend Australian from 1997 to May 2016, has died.

Travel

Billabong Retreat, NSW. Main building -- showing Treetop Yoga studio with meditation room (yurt). There is another yurt (off camera to the right) housing kitchen and dining room. All connected by large veranda and deck area.Treatment rooms below left.

Where wellness springs from a billabong

Take a break at this tranquil retreat carved out of bushland close to Sydney.

LEGAL SURVEYLegal Affairs

Law Society of NSW President Ms Joanne Van Der Plaat

Legal firms seek ways to rebalance gender disparity

Gender disparity in legal partnerships has improved but the gap that remains is still a bad look for the sector.

LEGAL PARTNERSHIP SURVEYLegal Affairs

Almost all firms surveyed increased salaries this year and intend to do so again next year.

Working from home sets a new precedent

Money and interesting work are just the starting point when law firms recruit these days: new hires insist on quality of life.

LEGAL SURVEYLegal Affairs

Mr Richard Spurio, managing partner of international law firm Allens.

Law firms in battle to attract top talent

Legal firms looking to hire know they have to come up with more than money and the promise of a hard path to partnership.

LEGAL PARTNERSHIP SURVEYLegal Affairs

14/12/20 Ashurst CEO Paul Jenkins pictured their Melbourne offices. Aaron Francis/The Australian

‘Talent shortages’ still a challenge for law firms

Recessions and pandemics come and go, but finding and keeping legal talent remains the imperative at legal firms, according to Ashurst global chief Paul Jenkins.

LEGAL PARTNERSHIP SURVEYLegal Affairs

Nick Nichola, a partner with Middletons law firm at the offices of Slater Power, one of the West Australian law firms that Middletons is merging with.

Top law firms brace for downturn

Legal firms fared much better than they feared through the pandemic and expect to crisis-manage any recession just as well.

APPOINTMENTSLegal Affairs

Baker McKenzie has appointed Sydney based Partner, Anne-Marie Allgrove to the position of National Managing Partner, effective 1 July 2023. She will be the first woman to hold the position of managing partner for Baker McKenzie in Australia.

‘Inspiring leader’ for key Baker McKenzie post

International law firm Baker McKenzie has appointed its Sydney-based Anne-Marie Allgrove as local national managing partner.

LEGAL AFFAIRSLegal Affairs

Rebekah Giles By Nick Cubbin for Deal Nov 6

Defamation laws a disaster for two decades, says top lawyer

The solicitor who represented a string of high-profile clients will tell the Tony Shepherd Oration that attempts to reform the system have been an ‘abysmal failure’ due to state governments.

Legal Affairs

PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 01: Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts against Maxime Cressy of USA in the second round during Day Two of the Rolex Paris Masters tennis at Palais Omnisports de Bercy on November 1, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Djokovic star of another court battle

The Federal Court of Australia’s ‘greatest hits’ for 2021-22 were topped by tennis star Novak Djokovic’s fight against the cancellation of his visa.

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