'Extraordinary injustice' after admissions made during sentencing - 18 Oct 2023

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Daily wrap

• Judge reprimands lawyers of high-profile Toowoomba man accused of rape, but his identity remains secret | The Guardian

• Chief Justice labels Seti Moala sentencing an 'extraordinary injustice' after fresh admissions he had sex with victim despite previous denial - ABC News

• Inquiry told fear of 'repercussions' prevented inmate from reporting prison officer's abuse - ABC News

• AHG WA (2015) Pty Ltd v Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1022

  • A 250,000 word, 665 page judgment from Beach J in $650m class action brought by Mercedez-Benz dealers (with 11 counsel for the applicant and 6 for the respondent)
    

• Assaults on police in the Kimberley jump 50pc, as magistrate details impact on officers - ABC News
  

• Update: referrals, assessment and investigations | National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
  

• Law Council questions continuation and expansion of extraordinary counter terrorism measures - Law Council of Australia

Editor’s picks

• Notice of proposed settlement in O’Donnell v Commonwealth of Australia

  • Background to the matter found here - Australia to acknowledge climate risk to government bonds after world-first court settlement | The Guardian

• Transcript from Kiefel CJ retirement Ceremonial Sitting - [2023] HCATrans 140 (16 October 2023)

• View of Screen Scraping in Australian Finance | The University of Queensland Law Journal

  • “Millions of Australians give their online banking credentials to third parties so as to gain access to financial products and services enabled by the analysis of the data in their bank accounts. This practice of Screen Scraping(‘SS’) has contributed significantly to the rise of the FinTech industry. While the risks SS entails are significant, nowhere has the practice been formally outlawed despite the availability of safer data transfer arrangements under Open Banking regimes. We examine approaches to SS in the European Union, the United Kingdom and Australia, and argue that the practice should be prohibited here. Such a ban would have two salutary effects: it would protect consumers in financial hardship who use payday loans and it would accelerate uptake of the Consumer Data Right.”
    

• Sir Zelman Cowen lecture 2023 - 5 October 2023 "Trying to understand antisemitism today" Jayne Jagot

• MLC Super Fund Class Action continues in the Federal Court tomorrow, live stream found here - Brady v Nulis - YouTube

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