3 grants of special leave

Daily wrap  

• Review recommends major changes to how sexual violence crimes are handled in the courts - ABC News
   

  • Safe, Informed, Supported: Reforming Justice Responses to Sexual Violence - ALRC report 143
    “Recommendation 2: The Australian Government should commission a national inquiry to address the impact of factors such as: a. mandatory sentencing provisions; b. sentencing discount regimes; and c. consequences following conviction (such as sex offender registration) on sexual offence matters proceeding to trial rather than resolving via guilty pleas, and measures that may promote early resolution.”
     

  • Advocates praise recommendations from Australian sexual violence report but say lack of radical change a ‘missed opportunity’ | Law (Australia) | The Guardian
     

• Former Star boss grilled as casino operator mulls lifeline [SMH paywall]

  Former Star Entertainment chief executive Matt Bekier has rejected claims he may have breached his duties by relying on other executives to alert him to any probity issues relating to junket operators.
   

  • Arrested junket operator was ‘acceptable’ to former Star chief [The Australian paywall]

    Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier has told a court Macua-based junket operator Qin Sixin was a ‘suitable person’ despite his previous arrest for money laundering.
     

• Former registrar accuses Family Court of interference and bullying [AFR paywall]

  Ann Sturgess says she left a toxic workplace after two decades of service. The court claims she couldn’t take a joke.
   

• Raygun’s brother charged with money laundering [The Australian paywall]

  The corporate regulator has brought charges against the iconic breakdancer’s brother, alleging he enabled a crypto scam.
   

• High profile lawyer who bought coke from client fighting to save career [Courier Mail paywall]

  One of Queensland’s most high-profile defence solicitors who “brazenly” bought cocaine from a criminal client is fighting to save his legal career
   

Editor’s picks

• Results of applications for special leave to appeal determined yesterday - 3 grants out of 41 matters
   

• Open and Shut Case – Open Justice, Closed Courts and Suppression Orders for Criminal Lawyers
  In this session, Ruth Champion, Natalie Simpson & Louis Andrews discusses the principals of open justice and presents five key questions to ask before applying for a suppression order, emphasising a need for thorough case preparation, effective decision-making, and having a draft order ready to minimise interference with court procedures.
   

• So Long and Thanks for all the International Law - Called to the Bar - International Law over Drinks - Apple Podcasts

  In this week's episode, in light of 48 hours of the news cycle, Juliette McIntyre convenes the Called to the Bar team - Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Ntina Tzouvala, Imogen Saunders and Douglas Guilfoyle - to ask: does international law have a future? And if so, what does it look like without the US as the guarantor of international order?
   

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