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Sick and tired of the adversarial and combative nature of litigation, eight lawyers have formed a multidisciplinary movement to change the nature and tone of proceedings. There is, they say, “nothing soft about being kind” in one’s practice.
Overcoming aggression (from opposing counsel and their clients)
By Jerome Doraisamy|20 May 2021
In a practice area as sensitive as family law, lawyers have to be held to a higher standard – one that prioritises sensitivity and compassion rather than conflict and, perhaps, should include additional mandatory training.
Perpetua Kish will never forget the time she worked with a particular family law barrister, who she said “wore his courtroom assault on a party as a badge of honour”.
Ms Kish – whose Canberra-based practice, Balance Family Law, won Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the 2020 Australian Law Awards – said the barrister adopted such an approach not just to win cases, but to secure new clients.
Boutiques have been ‘champions of the pivot’
By Jerome Doraisamy|11 March 2021
Smaller law firms are better placed to move swiftly and implement change, and post-pandemic, smart boutiques will keep abreast of market trends so as to practise in a nimble fashion.
Boutique firms are able, Balance Family Law principal Perpetua Kish (pictured) said, to embrace the rhythm of the world of constant change and innovation, and thrive.
“The average consumer and not just the early adopters, are now more than ever, willing to swap out tradition, and the ‘way it’s always been done’ for innovation,” she told Lawyers Weekly.
The annual ALB Japan Law Awards will open on February 5. Returning for its 17th edition, the awards ceremony, which will be held on Thursday, June 17, will continue to recognise outstanding performance of private practitioners and in-house counsel from and within Japan’s legal landscape.
This year, ALB will present 43 awards to the country’s top law firms, in-house teams, rising legal elites and most significant deals. Don’t miss out some of the highlighted categories including Compliance and Risk Management In-House Team of the Year, Boutique Law Firm of the Year, Japan Practice Foreign Law Firm of the Year, Maritime Law Firm of the Year and Tax and Trusts Law Firm of the Year.