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For today’s headline story see the first link in the “Editor’s Picks” section below
More documents have been uploaded to the online court file for the Lehrmann defamation proceedings. This includes:
Higgins’ demand to Lisa: drop lawyer or I’m out [The Australian paywall]
“Brittany Higgins told Network Ten she would not assist Lisa Wilkinson’s high profile silk, Sue Chrysanthou SC, in defending Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation action against Wilkinson.”
Pratt love child ‘was paid from family trust’ [The Australian paywall]
“In the resumption of a fight between the billionaire Pratt siblings and half-sister Paula Hitchcock, a court has heard claims she received three payments from cardboard king Richard Pratt.”
Editor’s picks
[39] - The offender tendered a number of personal references. They include a character reference from the offender’s brother and from his mother. The terms of the reference from his brother strongly suggest that it was written with the assistance of a large language model program, such as ChatGPT… Read as a whole, the use of language within the document is consistent with an artificial intelligence generated document. Two particular aspects of the document stood out. The first is the manner in which the author’s relationship with the offender is introduced…
A sample chapter of Law in Context, 5th ed (2023) Stephen Bottomley and Simon Bronitt has been made available online - Chapter 3: First Nations Peoples, Law and Injustice
Event - The High Court revised special leave process – What does it mean for the advocate? - 21 Feb 2024 (in person only) - The Hon Michelle Gordon AC (Justice of the High Court of Australia) and Rowena Orr KC (Solicitor-General of Victoria)
“Todd Fuller KC will start a five-year term as Queensland’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Monday, 19 February.
Mr Fuller was appointed Crown Prosecutor in 1989 and has served as full-time Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions since 2016.”
“Concerns about the use of body-worn cameras (BWC) by police in domestic and family violence (DFV) responses have been laid bare by an Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) report.”
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