The Importance of Mental Health as a Legal Professional By Paul Garth A couple of weeks ago I facilitated an engaging discussion with Grant Pritchard, Senior Legal Counsel at Spark New Zealand, and an advocate for positive mental health within the legal sector. The...
Australia Vario Roundtable Event: Melbourne By Paul Garth Vario from Pinsent Masons launched its ‘Be Well at the Top’ campaign at Locanda restaurant in Melbourne last week. 20 General and Senior Legal Counsel were selected to attend Vario leadership roundtable on the...
Diversity and Inclusion in Law By Paul Garth This is a brief summary of a breakfast event hosted by Pinsent Masons' flexible legal resourcing team, Vario in July 2019. Diversity is a fact, inclusion is a choice. It has to be embraced at all levels of an...
By Paul Garth I recently took a working holiday. Not one of those gap year trips you did as a 20-something-year-old but a proper adult working holiday. That is, I went on leave and work emails were checked and responded to regularly. My employer did not want me to....
Why we need to be more than a lawyer: a review of the Australian ACC National Conference 2018 By Paul Garth and Alison Laird Evolution of the GC With the challenges facing in-house counsel – delivering value, managing technology, wrangling legal providers and meeting...