At 65 Gageler has 5 years to make his mark as CJ - 7 Nov 2023

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Daily wrap  

• New High Court chief justice formally acknowledges Indigenous Australians during swearing-in ceremony

• Case of daycare worker facing child sex abuse charges may bypass lower court through ex officio indictment

• 'A chapter of his life he needs to put behind him': Former hospital boss jailed for online child sex offences

• Lawyers welcome government’s decision to settle negligence case of refugee infant detained on Nauru | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian

• Police 'don't know' what happened to William Tyrrell but foster father has been cleared, court told

• Queensland government proposes new weapons law to help curb violent offending, youth crime - ABC News

• ASIC takes civil penalty action against Telstra Super in Australian-first case | ASIC

• Legal action attempts to force Australia to reveal if arms exports are supporting Israel assault on Gaza | Australia news | The Guardian

Editor’s picks

• Victorian Bar’s civil ‘war on woke’ reignites

• Lawyer Patrick O'Connor has about 100 cases on the go. He's desperate for more help

• If found guilty, whistleblower David McBride faces up to 100 years in prison. His fellow whistleblowers say that's a travesty

• The artist is in court - Law Society Journal

• Retirement — The Honourable Justice Timothy Ginnane | Victorian Bar

• An inquiry to investigate a problem creates new problems: The ACT Board of Inquiry into Criminal Justice — Australian Public Law

• The Wigs: The Curious Case of Judge Vasta on Apple Podcasts

• Access to justice for all should not be undervalued - Law Council of Australia

• JK Rowling slams SA courts over new gender rules | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

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