Nurturing junior talent is the key to organisational prosperity and cultivating legal excellence. Desi Vlahos, a commissioner of the International Bar Association's newly established Professional Wellbeing Commission, examines the vital role of junior lawyer wellbeing in sustainable succession.

Law firms globally are struggling to attract and retain talent. Technology, employee appetite for change and challenge, and the gradual internationalising of law are disrupting not only how lawyers practice but the future of their practices. In the wake of the pandemic, the manifestation of these changes can be seen in the accepted norm of flexible work, greater desire for work-life balance and the growing disenchantment with the intrusive nature of legal practice. Not only has this resulted in more younger lawyers leaving private practice, but it highlights the need for a shift in ambition if firms are going to be sustainable let alone flourish.

Concerns have been expressed about the politicisation of the public service and whether the conduct of Home Affairs boss Michael Pezzullo points to deeper systemic problems. John Wilson and Kieran Pender explore the issue.

The recent furore around the conduct of Home Affairs boss Michael Pezzullo contained, for employment lawyers at least, a rather large dose of irony. In September, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age revealed Mr Pezzullo had sought to influence the political process through his ongoing communications with a Liberal Party powerbroker (at the time of writing he has stood aside, pending an investigation by the Australian Public Service Commission). Concerns have been expressed about the politicisation of the public service and whether his conduct is an aberration or points to deeper systemic issues.

A. INTRODUCTION

1. This article examines the applicability of section 114 illustration (g) of the Evidence Act 1950 ('EA 1950') (hereinafter referred to as 'section 114(g) of the EA 1950') with respect to an accused charged under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 ('DDA 1952') upon the presumption of trafficking at the defence stage.

2. This inquiry extends to dissecting the multifaceted legal landscapes and judicial precedents that outline the circumstances and thresholds for drawing such adverse inferences. This exploration seeks to illuminate the complexities surrounding the application of adverse inferences at the defence stage in drug trafficking cases, offering a nuanced understanding of when and how these inferences can be judiciously applied in the context of Malaysia's legal system.

The risks of generative AI – such as copyright infringement issues, privacy issues, hallucinations – are commonly known and cannot be overstated. But the technology and research (and the ingenuity of humans to solve problems) moves quickly. This article looks at what's happening now to address the intellectual property risks and uncertainties to posed by generative AI – such as the introduction of watermarking, and indemnities offered by generative AI companies to their users for any claims of copyright infringement – and more importantly, are these measures enough?

Approximately a year ago, ChatGPT burst onto the scene, introducing millions of people to generative artificial intelligence (AI).^[1] Anyone with an Internet connection could avail himself or herself of AI text generators, or text-to-image generators, and create content more efficiently. However, together with the multitude of benefits generative AI brings, it also comes with a bundle of risks.

Malaysia's public healthcare sector risks losing even more professionals if the Health Ministry refuses to take immediate measures to improve their livelihoods. Government healthcare workers, upset with the ministry's decision to reject the proposal to increase on-call allowances, told the New Straits Times that they were overworked and severely underpaid. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, one medical officer (MO) said they were bogged down with work, going as far as describing the workload as "crazy". "I've never experienced an increase in allowances ever since I was a houseman in 2016.

Some 1.5 million jobs are expected to be created in Sarawak up to the year 2030, said Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.

He said these jobs will be generated by the many programmes and plans of the state’s Post Covid-19 Development Strategy (PCDS) 2030, of which one of its objectives is to increase the people’s income.

“Out of the total (1.5 million jobs), about 200,000 would be in the technical or skill sector. I have been told that Petros, as the third largest oil and gas company in the country, will need 20,000 technicians or skilled workers.

The Canadian government has presented a sustainable jobs bill intended to prepare workers for a transition to a lower-carbon economy following years of consultation and opposition from Alberta, Canada’s main fossil-fuel producing province.

Canada, the world’s fourth-largest oil producer and sixth-largest natural gas producer, has aimed for a 40 percent to 45 percent reduction in emissions by 2030 and net zero by 2050.

As many as 4.5 million Malaysians are likely to lose their jobs by 2030, if they do not improve their skills or attend reskilling and upskilling programmes with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).

Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar said this is based on the 2020 World Economic Forum warning that AI could cause a recession in the job market as it is already being used to automate tasks in various industries including manufacturing, healthcare and customer service.