Chris Dawson matter back in court - 31 Oct 2023

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Daily wrap  

• Chris Dawson: Wife-killer’s bid to be released after conviction | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

  • Thursday’s listing details here - CCA Appeal CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DAWSON v R - NSW court lists | Online Registry

• Why is Labor defending Alex Hawke’s ‘bizarre’, ‘steering wheel’ visa decision in the high court? | Paul Karp | The Guardian

• After watching people left 'shattered' by family law disputes, this chief justice wants to see change

• 'Liable to be deported': Man sentenced to two years in jail for choking woman in Canberra motel

• Melbourne doctor found guilty, wife cleared over sweet shop slavery

• Paul Kelly song lyrics quoted in hearing about alleged nightclub fight between Latrell Mitchell and Jack Wighton

• Man who stole $240,000 to lure international cricketers to suburban Melbourne given community service | Crime - Australia | The Guardian

• Detective rejects claims he wrote parts of witness's statement after grandmother shot dead

• ‘This is our horror’: NT coroner investigates deaths of women at hands of their partners | Northern Territory | The Guardian

• Law Squared taps ex-KPMG Law Australia head as inaugural CLO | Australasian Lawyer

Editor’s picks

• Dinner in Canberra for the New Silks: A Toast, by Susan Kiefel (1988)

  • In 1987 new QC Susan Kiefel spoke at the dinner (held at the High Court) for new silks. Her topic was early Australian judges. The link above is a transcription of Kiefel’s notes for this speech (reprinted with her permission).

• The High Court Bulletin for October 2023

• Does Australia need dedicated sexual assault courts?

• Former Justice takes up QSAC chair role – Proctor

• Complaint about dancing orang-utan GIF ends up in QIRC – Proctor

• With the Voice referendum resoundingly defeated, will Australia ever again change the constitution? - ABC News

• Phillipa Weeks Annual Lecture: Collective Bargaining in Franchise Networks Associate Professor Tess Hardy (Melbourne Law School)| Humanitix

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