Case seeking to reopen Al-Kateb continues in HCA today - 8 Nov 2023

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Daily wrap  

Quiet news day yesterday

• Straight into it for Beech-Jones J with hearing of case seeking to reopen Al-Kateb - Australia asked six countries to resettle stateless Rohingya man after he began high court challenge, lawyer says | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian

  • Transcript of the first day of hearing found here - NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor [2023] HCATrans 153 (7 November 2023)

  • A copy of the judgment summary for Al-Kateb (from 2004) is found here for anyone not familiar with the case.

• William Tyrrell's foster father found not guilty of lying to NSW Crime Commission

• Seventh man found guilty of murder of Jason De Ieso to appeal

• Police seize cocaine, meth haul in car boot after Spirit of Tasmania ferry trip

Editor’s picks

• An interview with Professor Ben Saul (USYD) on International Humanitarian Law in the context of the Israel-Gaza Crisis | International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - ICCT 

• Transcript - Ceremonial Sitting on the Occasion of the Swearing-in of the Chief Justice the Honourable Stephen John Gageler AC [2023] HCATrans 151 (6 November 2023)

  • the start of the transcript includes an incredibly long list of judges, former judges and barristers in attendance (listed by name). See who you can spot in this video - New High Court chief justice formally acknowledges Indigenous Australians - ABC News 

• Tiger King star 'Doc' Antle pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking and money laundering

• Watching you at home: The rise of employee surveillance - Law Society Journal

• WA Lee Equity Lecture (Thursday, 2 November 2023) Chief Justice Helen Bowskill - The interaction of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customary law with some aspects of the law of equity – is the view any different through the lens of the Human Rights Act?

• Ruth Higgins SC elected President of the NSW Bar Association | News | Banco Chambers

• How and why barrister David Stokes became Heather Stokes | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

• Three live streams on Federal Court’s Youtube channel today:

  • 9:30am AEDT - case management hearing in ACCC v Qantas (Rolfe J)

  • 10:15am AEDT - Victorian Senior Counsel appointments

  • 10:15am AEDT - hearing in Pabai Pabai & Anor v Commonwealth of Australia (Wigney J)

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