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• Moira Deeming defamation trial: Victorian MP’s lawyer says John Pesutto ‘tarred her with the Nazi brush’ | Victoria | The Guardian
   

  • Moira Deeming, John Pesutto fork out millions in legal fees ahead of defamation trial [Herald Sun paywall]

    The high-stakes defamation fight between John Pesutto and exiled MP Moira Deeming is stacking up to be financially catastrophic — insiders revealing the staggering figures spent pre-trial.
     

• Robert and Anne Geeves found not guilty of murder of missing teenager Amber Haigh | Amber Haigh murder trial | The Guardian
   

  • R v Geeves; R v Geeves (No. 7) - NSW Caselaw
     

• Man's Nazi salute outside Sydney Jewish Museum was mimicking Ricky Gervais skit, court told - ABC News
   

• Allegedly fraudulent independent MP Troy Bell says allegations are 'misguided' and 'misleading' - ABC News
   

• Jury discharged in trial of Cecil Patrick Kennedy, who denies unlawfully killing toddler - ABC News
   

• High Court ends multibillion-dollar Wright family feud [The Australian paywall]

  Julian Wright sold his stake in Wright Prospecting – now worth billions – for just $6.8m and had accused his siblings of defrauding him out of the family empire.
   

  • Wright v David John Neale Lemon as executor of the estate of Michael John Maynard Wright & Ors [2024] HCASL 194 (8 August 2024)
     

Editor’s picks

• Appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal and Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Our ministers – Attorney-General’s portfolio

  “Today I announce my intention to assign 4 inaugural Jurisdictional Area Leaders for the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART).

  Jurisdictional Area Leaders will be key leaders in the ART, with responsibilities for managing members and caseloads alongside decision-making functions. They will have an important role in ensuring Tribunal operations are tailored to meet user needs, and identifying trends and emerging issues.”

   

• Observations on construing a commercial contract as a whole - Justice Colvin (FCA)
   

• Could Australia-wide laws eradicate period poverty? - Law Society Journal
   

• What ever happened to Australia's inheritance taxes? - Melbourne Law School - YouTube
   

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