Berejiklian's NSWSC challenge to ICAC report livestreamed

Daily wrap  

• ICAC findings against Gladys Berejiklian based on ‘depressing and unrealistic view of life’, lawyer says | Gladys Berejiklian | The Guardian
   

  • ICAC report into former premier Gladys Berejiklian potentially not legally valid, civil court hears
     

  • a live stream of the matter will be available here from 10:15am
     

• Australia’s use of hotels as detention centres was unlawful, refugee’s lawyer argues in appeal | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian
   

• Date set for Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyers to quiz witnesses about alleged Toowoomba rape | Queensland | The Guardian
   

• Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racist language ‘normalised’ in NT police, Zachary Rolfe tells court | Australian police and policing | The Guardian
   

  • The key moments of Zachary Rolfe's first appearance at Kumanjayi Walker inquest - ABC News
     

• Antoinette Lattouf escalates legal battle against ABC with new federal court claim | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | The Guardian
   

• The wanted: Australia asked to ‘prosecute or extradite’ two men accused by Rwanda of involvement in genocide | Australia news | The Guardian
   

• Businesses say they were burnt by insurers during COVID lockdowns. Now, they're fighting back with class actions - ABC News
   

• Bushfire victims take Essential Energy to Supreme Court over devastating 2018 bushfire
   

• Surgeon fails in second bid to unmask Nine journalist’s sources [SMH paywall]
   

  • a copy of the judgment of Abraham J here - Al Muderis v Nine Network Australia Pty Limited (No 2) [2024] FCA 136
     

Editor’s picks

• Astounding act of Higgins' Mr Fix-It lawyer [The Australian paywall]
   

  • “In the midst of an already bitter legal battle, Brittany Higgins’ personal lawyer, Leon Zwier, lobbed a grenade at Lisa Wilkinson – the woman fighting to prove his client was a rape victim.”
     

• 26 February 2024 - vale Ernest (Ernie) Schmatt AM PSM (1948-2024) former CEO of Judicial Commission of New South Wales
   

• McBride to explain whistleblower laws – Proctor
   

• Latest Decisions of Interest - NSW Court of Appeal
   

• NSWCA takes inherent supervisory jurisdiction over its officers into new territory – The Australian Professional Liability Blog
   

• Lawyer sues over ‘terrorism’ claim [The Australian paywall]
   

  • “A barrister who acted for pro-Palestine activists who stormed the Sydney Opera House sued a Jewish lawyer and reported her to the legal watchdog, amid a bitter LinkedIn dispute.”
     

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