Big day in the courts today

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Big day in the courts today:
- A further hearing in the eSafety Commissioner v X (Twitter) dispute before Justice Kennett (FCA) at 10:30am - may be live streamed here
- Justice Lee (FCA) hands down costs decision in Lehrmann defamation proceedings at 2:15pm - live stream will be available here
- High Court hands down ASF17 at 10am
  - A High Court immigration detention ruling on the case of ASF17 could cause more headaches for federal government - ABC News
Faruqi v Hanson: Greens senator seeks to reopen racial discrimination case citing new evidence | Australian politics | The Guardian
- Submissions on the reopening can be found here.
Results of High Court applications for special leave to appeal, leave to appeal and removal published on 9 May 2024 (grants in 3/32 matters)
Chris Dawson: Wife killer’s desperate bid for freedom | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
Chris Dawson will return to a Sydney courtroom on Monday in a desperate attempt to be freed from jail after being convicted of his wife’s infamous cold case murder.
Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright's lawyers in discussions to avoid jury trial, NT court hears - ABC News
Terror accused Artem Vasilyev stands trial charged with plotting terror attack on Cherry Gardens substation - ABC News
Artem Vasilyev was working as an electrical engineer for the Department of Defence when raids on his Findon home uncovered firearms and substances used to make explosives, a jury has been told.
DPP: No problem here with judges [The Australian paywall]
NSW DPP Sally Dowling privately told the new head of the District Court she has no problems with any NSW judges, despite having made complaints against at least three of them.
Nazi salute accused to fight charge in two-day hearing, arguing the offence is constitutionally invalid

Editor’s picks

Senior lawyer dumped from roll for taking credit for paralegal’s work - Lawyers Weekly
- LEGAL SERVICES AND COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE -v- LAWSON [2024] WASC 158 (6 May 2024)
Registration Page | Mullejaiwakka (Llyod McDermott) Oration - 28 May 2024 (in person and online) - Justice Louise Taylor
The Oration will be delivered by the Honourable Justice Louise Taylor, a Kamilaroi woman and the first Aboriginal woman in Australia to be appointed to a superior court.
Melbourne University Law Review Annual Lecture - The Hon. Justice Karin Emerton, President of the Court of Appeal - Punishment and Responsibility: An Assessment of Moral Culpability in Sentencing - YouTube
Judges with machine guns: the part-time drone hunters defending Kyiv | Ukraine | The Guardian

Podcasts

The High Court will tomorrow hear the appeal in BQ v The King hcourt.gov.au/assets/registr…
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6:01 AM • May 9, 2024

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