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Daily wrap  

• Identity of hacker behind NSW court website data breach unknown, police say - ABC News
   

  • Domestic violence survivors urged to take safety precautions after NSW justice department data breach | New South Wales | The Guardian
     

  • Cybercrime detectives investigating breach to NSW Online Registry website - Law Society Journal
     

• War criminal Ben Roberts-Smith lodges legal bid over leaked recording [SMH paywall]

  The former Special Air Service corporal wants to reopen the appeal in his failed defamation case, claiming he was not afforded a fair process.
   

• Linda Reynolds tells parliament in leaving speech she had no choice but to sue Brittany Higgins for defamation | Australian politics | The Guardian
   

• Did DPP know of leak? Staff won’t say [The Australian paywall]

  The office of NSW chief prosecutor Sally Dowling has refused to disclose whether she was aware confidential information was to be leaked to a radio station.
   

• Lehrmann lawyer’s next move in ‘zipper-mouth face’ emoji defamation case [SMH paywall]

  In an apparent Australian first, Zali Burrows is suing a high-profile criminal lawyer over a social media post containing an emoji.
   

• Man who said woman ‘won’t get a cent’ ordered to pay $300,000 for defamation by NSW court | Defamation law | The Guardian
   

  • Newman v Whittington - NSW Caselaw
     

Editor’s picks

• The Hon. Elizabeth Hollingworth - William and Lonsdale - Lives in the Law - Apple Podcasts

  This week we welcome recently retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria - The Hon. Elizabeth Hollingworth. Like so many of our guests, Liz is a high achiever from way back. At school and University she excelled academically, at sport and in leadership, which culminated in her receiving a Rhodes Scholarship to study a Bachelor of Civil Law, and row in the blue boat for Oxford. Interestingly, Liz did not feel particularly challenged or inspired by her commercial practice at the bar. It was when she came to the Supreme Court of Victoria that Liz found her true legal passion in the criminal division, presiding over many dynamic and high-profile cases. It was a privilege and a pleasure to hear Liz’s frank and fascinating insights and experiences from her Life in the Law.
   

• Slater & Gordon, the email scandal & the girl with the cat tattoo - The Fin - Apple Podcasts

  This week on The Fin podcast, professional services reporter Maxim Shanahan and Rear Window columnist Hannah Wootton on Slater and Gordon’s workplace meltdown and the mysterious woman at the centre of it all.
   

• Big billing MinterEllison partners in line for more lucrative paydays [AFR paywall]

  The top-tier law firm has followed some of its major rivals in creating a larger gap between top earners and the rest of the partnership to prevent poaching.
   

• Launch Event: Final Report for Inquiry into Justice Responses to Sexual Violence - YouTube

  Join ALRC President Justice Mordy Bromberg, Commissioner for the Inquiry the Hon Marcia Neave AO, and Sarah Rosenberg, a member of the Inquiry's Expert Advisory Group and Executive Director of With You We Can, with a special video message from former prime minister The Hon Julia Gillard AC. ABC journalist and presenter Patricia Karvelas will moderate the panel discussion.
   

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