Aug 25, 2025
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The Daily Telegraph reports on allegations against NSW District Court Judge Sean Grant which have resulted in a referral to the Judicial Commission of NSW and have derailed a trial for historical child abuse offences which Grant was presiding over.
Aug 22, 2025
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Queensland lawyer Kylie Ward found to have engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct for spontaneously representing a defendant immediately before being sentenced by the same Magistrate, hearing for Bruce Lehrmann's FCAFC appeal concludes.
Aug 21, 2025
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Bruce Lehrmann's FCAFC appeal continues today, lawyer referred to Legal Practice Board of Western Australia for AI use in JNE24 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2025] FedCFamC2G 1314.
Aug 20, 2025
Bruce Lehrmann's FCAFC defamation appeal begins today, WA Chief Justice Peter Quinlan says sovereign citizens are one of the emerging challenges that the courts face.
Aug 19, 2025
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Michael Kirby AC CMG appears on Brief Exchange podcast, Qantas ordered to pay $90 million pecuniary penalty.
Aug 18, 2025
Lee J to hand down his decision this morning in the TWU v Qantas matter, Justice Elliot's decision in Director of Public Prosecutions v GR [2025] VSC 490 published online.
Aug 15, 2025
Justice James Elliott (VSC) has some stern words for lawyers who filed documents with AI hallucinations, apologised to the court and then refiled documents with AI hallucinations.
Aug 14, 2025
High Court hands down decision in Laming v Electoral Commissioner of the Australian Electoral Commission [2025] HCA 31 and PepsiCo [2025] HCA 30, former Wiggles CEO Luke O’Neill files general protections claim in the Federal Court.
Aug 13, 2025
Justice Jonathan Beach of the Federal Court rules against Apple and Google in their dispute with Epic Games, High Court to hand down decisions in PepsiCo and Laming matters today.
Aug 12, 2025
Today Beach J will hand down his much anticipated decision in the Epic Games v Apple / Google litigation, Lee J unhappy about practitioners behaving as if "migration litigation is some form of Galápagos Island where the ordinary rules do not apply".
Aug 11, 2025
8 min read
Clive Palmer alleges former lawyer Sam Iskander misappropriated up to $30m, NSWCA comments on the use of AI by self represented litigants in May v Costaras [2025] NSWCA 178.
Aug 8, 2025
NSWCA clears path for expulsion of NSW MP Gareth Ward, legal academic Alan Boulton granted bail, independent review of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021 tabled.