$19m for Maddocks for NDIS matters

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• ABC ordered to pay $150,000 fine for unlawfully sacking journalist and presenter Antoinette Lattouf - ABC News
   

  • Lattouf v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Penalty) [2025] FCA 1174
     

• ‘They’ve engaged a barrister!’ Parents of high-needs children say Labor is waging lawfare over disability support | National disability insurance scheme | The Guardian
   

• Teacher takes legal action against Melbourne Catholic school group over refusal of pronouns | Australian education | The Guardian
   

• Rebel Wilson sued over alleged false sexual misconduct claims [AFR paywall]

  The ongoing legal saga across multiple countries has left the actor’s directorial debut on the film The Deb under a cloud.
   

• Elon Musk’s X calls for delay in Australia’s child social media ban citing ‘serious concerns’ about policy’s lawfulness | Australian politics | The Guardian
   

• Bruce Lehrmann seeks funding to pay for legal representation over raids at his home in 2024 - ABC News
   

• Rape case against Bruce Lehrmann delayed after lawyer misses deadline - ABC News
   

• Envoy ties racism to religious hatreds [The Australian paywall]

  The Race Discrimination Commissioner will appear in legal proceedings brought by Pauline Hanson to argue for partial or implied religious protections under racial vilification legislation.
   

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Editor’s picks

• Supreme Court of Queensland Practice Direction 5 of 2025 - Accuracy of references in submission

  [1] The Court acknowledges the increasing use of artificial intelligence as a tool in the conduct of litigation.

  …

  [5] For written submissions to the Court, the person or persons who take responsibility for the contents of the document (the responsible person(s)) must be identified by name at the end of the document.

  [6] Where a responsible person is a legal practitioner, it is the individual legal practitioner (whether solicitor or barrister) who must be named. It is not sufficient for a firm of solicitors on the record for a party to be named.
   

• M.&S. Investments Pty Ltd (A.C.N. 109 611 903) v Affordable Demolitions and Excavations Pty Ltd (A.C.N. 160 307 371) - NSW Caselaw

  CATCHWORDS - APPEALS — Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015 (NSW), r 101(e) — Where barrister called to give evidence by opponent at first instance — Where barrister proposed appearing on leave to appeal applications — Whether r 101(e) applies — Whether barrister should be heard on applications
   

• The dangers of disregarding inequality in access to justice - Law Society Journal
   

• ANZ’s head lawyer fights against leakers [AFR paywall]

  If Ken Adams wants to stop getting quoted in the paper, he may want to stop telling his staff not to spill to the media.

   

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