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• Women in legal fraternity 'shocked' as Tasmanian Supreme Court judge Helen Wood misses out on top job - ABC News
   

• ‘Horrified’: Jacinta Allan slams ruling on contraceptive device [Herald Sun paywall]

  Premier Jacinta Allan has lashed a judge’s ruling over a contraceptive device after he dismissed thousands of Australian women’s claims of severe pain from the device as “far from compelling”.
   

• Tasmanian Aboriginal elder Jim Everett convicted as he continues protesting the court's jurisdiction over him - ABC News
   

• Former female employees detail alleged sexual harassment in class actions against Rio Tinto and BHP - ABC News
   

• ASIC to sue Rex Airlines alleging company misled the market about its profitability - ABC News
   

• Channel 7 wins appeal against Jarryd Hayne supporter Mina Greiss over report he spat at alleged rape complainant | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
   

  • Seven Network (Operations) Limited v Greiss [2024] FCAFC 162

    [19] …One can spit “towards” or “in the direction of” someone while being unable to physically convey the saliva expectorated to the body of the object of one’s disgust or contempt.

     

• First person charged under coercive control laws in NSW avoids jail - ABC News
   

Today's editor's picks are just below, but first...

Editor’s picks

• A very, lets say, ambitious, complaint against Justice Rofe (FCA) has been dismissed. We couldn’t find the reasons published online but there is a twitter thread here which provides a summary. In dismissing the complaint it appears Mortimer CJ gave the lawyers who made the complaint a lashing, going as far to say “[t]hose contentions are so misconceived that it is difficult to understand how qualified lawyers could possibly have considered s 15(1AA) of the FCA Act could extend to exercises of judicial power."
   

• Draft Protocol for Appointments to King’s Counsel in Tasmania
   

  • Context below

    ‘Embarrassing’: Kings Counsel back in vogue [The Mercury paywall]

    Tasmanian lawyers recognised as Senior Counsel will next month have the choice to be called King's Counsel – a move described by one prominent barrister as “anachronistic and embarrassing”.
     

• Five extra positions on NSW Local Court, among 11 new appointments - Law Society Journal
   

• Another Corrs partner follows rebel group to KWM [AFR paywall]

  Corrs property partner Lizzie Knight will follow seven Corrs partners to King & Wood Mallesons, becoming the latest to move between the two major firms.
   

• How many Rs are in 'Strawberry - Sidebar by Hearsay the Legal Podcast - Apple Podcasts

  If you're over AI chatter, this episode is a refreshing change. Join Dr. Armin Alimardani as he unpacks the quirks of generative AI, from its courtroom potential to its laughable flubs like miscounting "R"s in "strawberry." A sharp, humorous look at the tech shaping our future, with insights for legal professionals and sceptics alike.
   

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