Catholic church refused special leave to appeal

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Daily wrap  

• Catholic church loses high court bid to prevent father of George Pell accuser suing for damages | Australia news | The Guardian
   

  • Yesterday the HCA published results of applications for special leave to appeal, leave to appeal and removal, found here. This includes a refusal of special leave in the matter discussed above.
     

• Community legal centre turning away more people than it can help due to massive demand
   

  • Community legal centres facing unprecedented demand
     

• Cocaine trafficking charges against Adelaide grandmother dropped
   

• Kurtley Beale's barrister says his accuser is a 'manipulative woman' who turned herself into 'victim'
   

• Calls grow for tougher court sentences across regional WA — but would it help lower crime?
   

• Netflix star Matt Wright and company Helibrook accused of falsifying flight records 
  

• Former Australian boxing champ pleads guilty to drug trafficking, will walk free from jail
   

• Woman faces up to seven years' jail for hindering investigation of crash that killed woman and three boys
   

• Jehovah's Witness elder called out for providing court character reference for child abuser
   

• ‘I lost my house, I lost all my money’: the retiree taking on the banks over crypto fund loss | HyperVerse | The Guardian
   

• Parents who allegedly killed their child by denying her medical treatment appear in Queensland court
   

• Two out of five adult prisoners in New South Wales waiting 'in limbo' on remand
   
   

Editor’s picks

• Legal answer for incitement to violence not hard [The Australian paywall]
   

  • Background on the review by former NSW CJ Tom Bathurst AC KC can be found here - Review of State’s laws on threats and incitement to violence | NSW Government
     

• Mills Oakley partners say top-tier law firms weighed down by costs [AFR paywall]
   

• Smartphones mean we’re always available to our bosses. ‘Right to disconnect’ laws are a necessary fix
   

  • Right to disconnect bill passes Senate but needs urgent fix to remove criminal penalties for employers | Industrial relations | The Guardian
     

• The exclusion of aliens under federal law: Analysing the impact of NZYQ, Alexander and Benbrika — Sangeetha Pillai - Australian Public Law
   

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