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• Former military lawyer David McBride granted leave to appeal convictions for sharing secret military documents - ABC News
   

  • Packed court cheers as David McBride granted chance to appeal sentence for leaking defence secrets | Australian military | The Guardian
     

• Melbourne Rebels launch $30m lawsuit against Rugby Australia | Rugby Australia | The Guardian
   

• Judgement summary for decision handed down by HCA yesterday - HBSY Pty Ltd v Lewis [2024] HCA 35 (9 October 2024)
   

• Far-right extremist Jacob Hersant to be jailed for Nazi salute but length of sentence still to be determined - ABC News
   

• Beaumaris Primary School sexual abuse survivor reaches record $8 million settlement with Victorian government - ABC News
   

• Mayor accepted cocaine in exchange for planning help, says anti-corruption commission

  IBAC investigators say a former mayor of Moonee Valley City Council repeatedly accepted drugs in exchange for progressing property applications.
   

Editor’s picks

• Harvard Mirador Viewer - Harvard Law School. Office of the Registrar. Annual Examinations, 1870-1871.
   

• He went back for his hat, Justice Michael Lee’s judgment on Bruce Lehrmann - Paperback — Melbourne University Publishing
   

• Palmer v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2024] FCA 1167

  [1] Clive Frederick Palmer needs little introduction. Mr Palmer and Palmer Leisure Coolum Pty Ltd (PLC) (together, the Palmer parties) commenced proceedings in this Court on 15 February 2024. The respondents are the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP).

  [2] The proceedings concern ASIC’s exercise of its powers to require Mr Palmer to attend a compulsory interview on 7 July 2016, and the use to which the transcripts of that interview was subsequently put.
   

• The Future of Judicial Independence - University of Melbourne - 16 October 2024

  The Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law and Melbourne Centre for Commercial Law are proud to convene a special lecture from Judge Duro Sessa, President of the International Association of Judges and Justice of Supreme Court of Croatia. The Hon. Tony Pagone AM KC will chair this lecture.

  The International Association of Judges (‘IAJ’) was founded in 1953 and aims to defend the independence of the judiciary, as an essential requirement of the judicial function and guarantee of human rights and freedoms. In this lecture, the current President of the IAJ reflects on the importance of this principle and contemporary challenges
   

• Jury rolled in Lawyer X trial: Victorian Supreme Court provides a refresher on applications for trial by judge alone - Wotton + Kearney
   

  • Gobbo v State of Victoria [2024] VSC 603 (23 September 2024)
     

• When can tenants challenge evictions? - ABC Law Report

  How do tenancy tribunals balance the competing needs of tenants and landlords? And why is Victoria - from a tenants' perspective - ahead of the pack?
   

• Linklaters launches GenAI training programme in collaboration with Kings College law school - Legal IT Insider
   

• Brazil lifts ban on X after Elon Musk complies with court demands | X | The Guardian
   

• Trump administration protected Brett Kavanaugh from full FBI investigation | Brett Kavanaugh | The Guardian
   

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