3 grants of special leave on Friday - 20 Nov 2023

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Daily wrap  

• Results of Friday’s special leave applications - 3 grants of SL.

   

• Military lawyer David McBride pleads guilty to unlawfully sharing secret allegations of Australian war crimes

   

  • Video - Lawyer David McBride pleads guilty to leaking information

     

  • A whistleblower's guilty plea sends a chilling reminder

     

  • David McBride came back to Australia for a father and daughter dance. It set in motion years of legal woes - ABC News

     

• 'This is not over': Government facing the prospect of more people being released from immigration detention

   

  • ‘Absolutely absurd’: lawyers criticise opposition proposal to re-detain immigration cases | Australian politics | The Guardian 

     

  • Labor’s emergency laws after immigration detention ruling may amount to ‘extrajudicial’ punishment | Australia news | The Guardian 

     

  • ‘Draconian’ conditions come into effect for 93 foreigners released after being illegally detained by Australia | Australian politics | The Guardian

     

• Legal Aid NT says some defendants will face Alice Springs court unrepresented amid lawyer shortage

   

• Businessman was 'big-noter' but never acted for Chinese government, foreign interference trial hears

   

• NT police officer found not guilty for aggravated assault following off-duty roadside arrest

   

• Armed militia, stolen yacht and drug business part of Sydney entrepreneur's plan to flee Australia, court hears

   

• Court hears of 'catastrophic' police failings the night a Kimberley man killed his partner

   

• Samurai sword-attacking Sydney real estate agent spared more jail time over drug-fuelled assaults | Crime - Australia | The Guardian 

   

Editor’s picks

• VID622/2021 - Pabai v Cth (FCA livestream 20 Nov 2023)- YouTube 

   

• Fake lawyer has jail sentence reduced – Proctor

   

• A Chance to Close the Proportionality Chapter in Australian Constitutional Law? — Australian Public Law

   

• In Brief Issue #1129 | Victorian Bar

   

• ‘Black box’: Police secretly lobby Canberra to bypass criminal justice system [SMH paywall]

   

• Israel Hamas: Is the Gaza conflict in breach of international rules of war? [SMH paywall]

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