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Seven quietly settles case with ex-Spotlight producer [The Australian paywall]
Seven has finalised a case brought by ex-Spotlight producer Amelia Saw which threatened to expose the network’s ‘dirty linen’, but the details of the settlement are to be kept a secret.
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“The National Anti-Corruption Commission offered former solicitor-general Justin Gleeson the critical job of reconsidering an investigation into the Robodebt Six – but then abruptly rescinded the deal over concerns a former Coalition minister among the people referred for possible corruption findings would complain about the appointment.”
Chief judge puts culture wars on trial [The Australian paywall]
Lucy McCallum says ‘culture wars’ could be causing the acquittal of accused rapists, declaring she does not understand why jurors ‘find it so hard to believe’ sexual assault allegations.
Judge’s comments on rape trials ‘unfair’ [The Australian paywall]
A top criminal silk says it is unfair to suggest jurors may ‘find it hard to believe’ rape allegations, criticising sweeping assertions made by the head of the ACT Supreme Court.
Reflections on the concept of “open justice” - Presented by Chief Justice Debra Mortimer.
Commentary about judicial processes and functions generally includes references to “open justice”. In this lecture, Chief Justice Mortimer examines the origins of the concept of “open justice”, and offers some views on how it might be understood. The Chief Justice then considers what place the concept has in the administration of justice by a court such as the Federal Court of Australia.
Today, I will talk about what it means to be a guardrail institution tasked with upholding public trust in institutions. Then I’ll describe what we are seeing at the Commission, in terms of the corruption trends and vulnerabilities that have emerged in our first 16 months, and our strategic priorities to address them. Thirdly, I’ll turn to some of the challenges and controversies; first, how we have to balance the desire for transparency with the need for secrecy; the importance of our independence and what that means; and finally, I will touch on the recent report of the Inspector: what it means, how it came about, and how we are addressing it.
“I note that several of these documents appeared to have been drafted with the assistance of a large language model artificial intelligence (‘LLM AI’), such as ChatGPT. In particular, they contained some case citations to cases that do not exist. I have not reproduced those citations, lest they contribute to the problem of LLM AI inventing case citations.”
[70] - Like many of the previous iterations by sovereign citizens that have been comprehensively rejected before, the first defendant’s arguments before me concerning the ‘Living Man’ and ‘the People’s Court of Terra Australis’ were nothing more than carnival of absurdity drawn from a mishmash of delusional arguments. Whilst it may be tempting to simply dismiss these claims as nonsense, gibberish, gobbledegook or like, in doing so that should not diminish from the serious impact these delusional arguments can have on the authority of the Court.
Private equity-backed UK firm DWF has raided Hall & Wilcox’s insurance group, adding to a period of instability in the niche practice area.
In this episode, we sit down for a captivating conversation with Professor Mimi Zou, Head of the School of Private & Commercial Law at UNSW Law & Justice. From her unique early experiences to her rise as a leading expert in the legal implications of AI, Professor Zou shares her remarkable journey. Hear the challenges, motivations, and compelling stories that have shaped her influential career, and her tips for those wishing to pursue a career in academia.
"Once in a generation electoral reform": Commonwealth Government's media release today, describes Bills to be introduced on Monday (there is more detail in @Paul_Karp's piece in The Guardian today).
— #Australian Constitutional Law (#@ConstitLawAus)
12:29 AM • Nov 15, 2024
Hands down one of the most RIDICULOUS discrimination cases!
Lawyer interviews for a job at a law firm, is unsuccessful. Sues the firm for not hiring him, claiming the lawyers who interviewed him discriminated against him b/c of his sex & marital status
THIS WAS HIS CLAIM
— #Vaxatious Litigant 💉⚖️👨⚖️ (#@ExposingNV)
9:46 PM • Nov 15, 2024
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