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Australia's favourite legal snowball continues to grow
The ACT Integrity Commission is investigating the conduct of Walter Sofronoff KC, adding to the growing list of activity deriving from Lehrmann's criminal trial
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John McMillian AO has been appointed as an Acting Integrity Commissioner effective when “ [Michael Adams KC] cannot for any reason exercise a function or functions of the position and the appointee is notified by the Speaker of the function or functions to be performed and the period during which they are to be performed” - Integrity Commission (Acting Commissioner) Appointment 2024 (No 1) | HTML view
More documents were published on the online court file on Friday - Lehrmann v Network Ten and Ors: Online File
Editor’s picks
The Supreme Court of NSW is turning 200. Here are some of its biggest moments - ABC News
Why Sam Mostyn’s supporters are despairing - Anne Twomey [The Australian paywall]
The role of governor-general requires diplomacy, finesse, toughness and a deep sense of duty. But Sam Mostyn’s appointment has had a surprising effect.
Sam Mostyn’s partner is Sydney silk Simeon Beckett SC
Victoria’s justice system has been routed by police failures - Gavin Silbert KC [The Australian paywall]
The failure to charge high-ranking members of police command when the special investigator Geoffrey Nettle AC KC believed there was substantial evidence they had committed criminal offences has infected the rank-and-file of Victoria Police such that public confidence and trust has been eroded.
Re-Evaluating GPT-4's Bar Exam Performance by Eric Martínez :: SSRN
Perhaps the most widely touted of GPT-4’s at-launch, zero-shot capabilities has been its reported 90th-percentile performance on the Uniform Bar Exam. This paper begins by investigating the methodological challenges in documenting and verifying the 90th-percentile claim, presenting four sets of findings that indicate that OpenAI’s estimates of GPT-4’s UBE percentile are overinflated.
Queensland becomes second state to criminalise coercive control - Law Society Journal
Closing loopholes: More changes to the Fair Work Act - Law Society Journal
Practical considerations when issuing a subpoena - Law Society Journal
Justice Burley will conduct a hearing in this matter beginning Monday 8 April 2024, at 10:15am AWST.
In this ‘In Conversation’ event Chief Justice Mortimer and Justice Joe Williams will be discussing New Zealand’s experience of Treaty making and breaking from 1980 until the present time.
The legal fallout from the aborted prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann is next level
From integrity inquiries to numerous defamation actions, here’s a list of all the legal actions linked to Bruce Lehrmann
— Vaxatious Litigant 💉⚖️👨⚖️ (@ExposingNV)
6:59 AM • Apr 6, 2024
5 April 2022. Ouch.
Counsel: I would respectfully put it at higher than an implication and say it is just inherent in the reference in subsection (4) back to subsection (2).
Edelman J: That is what an implication is.
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— High Court (Australia) Trivia (@HighCourtTrivia)
9:16 PM • Apr 4, 2024
Collins KC is correct: "We don't hear enought Boney M"
— Dominic Villa SC (@DominicVillaSC)
1:18 AM • Apr 5, 2024
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