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• Results of applications for special leave to appeal determined yesterday have been published by the High Court here. Summary can be found here (4 out of 50 applications granted).
   

• Victim of paedophile John Wayne Millwood asks for him to be found in contempt of court over actions outside court - ABC News
   

• HWL Ebsworth – under late managing partner Juan Martinez – invalidly dismissed partner Greg Lewis, court finds [AFR paywall]
   

  • Lewis v Martinez and the persons named in the Schedule (No 5) - NSW Caselaw - good read for anyone interested in legal partnership arrangements, disputes that arise under those arrangements and the previously proposed HWLE IPO
     

• Minister was warned of ‘increased’ legal risks of immigration detention in 2022 | Australia news | The Guardian
   

• ‘What is a woman?’: court asked to rule on definition in transgender woman’s case against Giggle for Girls platform | Australia news | The Guardian
   

• Video - Human Rights Lawyer 'encouraged' by Biden's comments on Julian Assange - ABC News
   

Editor’s picks

• Executive complaints against judges — Australian Public Law

  In this post, we do not make any comment on the merits of the complaints against Lasry J and Judge Chettle. Rather, taking a step back from the Victorian saga, we argue that there are strong normative and legal reasons as to why the executive should exercise restraint before making a formal complaint against a judge. We begin by explaining why formal complaints made by the executive against the judiciary should be the exception rather than the norm. This is followed by an illustration of the other mechanisms available for securing judicial accountability that better uphold a culture of comity between the executive and the judiciary.
   

• Ashurst AI trial shows huge time savings on everyday legal tasks

  Lawyers using generative artificial intelligence completed everyday legal tasks as much as 80 per cent faster in a months-long trial by global firm Ashurst.
   

• "Experience, integrity, strength of character" - Justice Huggett appointed Chief Judge of the District Court of New South Wales - Law Society Journal
   

• ‘More competition, not less’: Government targets merger reforms - Law Society Journal
   

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