Herbert Smith Freehills Australia arbitration head selects Singapore for solo practice
Brenda Horrigan moves for personal and professional reasons after helping to grow Australia s reputation for arbitration Herbert Smith Freehills’ head of international arbitration in Australia, Brenda Horrigan, is to leave the firm to set up practice as an independent arbitrator in Singapore. Horrigan said she had enjoyed “a wonderful experience” at HSF, but was moving for personal and professional reasons and looked forward to developing her career at her new home. She told The Global Legal Post: “Singapore offers an opportunity to reconnect with arbitration colleagues from across the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of travel bubbles, as well as world-class arbitration facilities. I very much look forward to working with practitioners from across the region on matters going forward.”
Herbert Smith Freehills Australia arbitration head selects Singapore for solo practice
29 April 2021
Herbert Smith Freehills Australia arbitration head selects Singapore for solo practice
Brenda Horrigan moves for personal and professional reasons after helping to grow Australia s reputation for arbitration Herbert Smith Freehills’ head of international arbitration in Australia, Brenda Horrigan, is to leave the firm to set up practice as an independent arbitrator in Singapore. Horrigan said she had enjoyed “a wonderful experience” at HSF, but was moving for personal and professional reasons and looked forward to developing her career at her new home. She told The Global Legal Post: “Singapore offers an opportunity to reconnect with arbitration colleagues from across the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of travel bubbles, as well as world-class arbitration facilities. I very much look forward to working with practitioners from across the region on matters go
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A veteran principal of a Melbourne Catholic boysâ school says his students are learning as much in class about issues of gender and consent as those at coeducational schools.
Mark Murphy, the principal of Whitefriars College, a Catholic boysâ secondary school in Donvale in Melbourneâs east, said boysâ education had come a long way since the days when it was more âone-dimensionalâ, with few if any programs that touched on issues of gender.
The principal of Whitefriars College says boys at the Catholic school are taught as much about consent as students at coeducational institutions.Â
âThere was a time when there wasnât much done in any school,â he said. âBut from my perspective, and knowing my co-ed colleagues, I think weâre all doing very similar things now.â