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Chinese embassy officials observe Canberra spy case in court [The Australian paywall]
The woman has pleaded not guilty, invoking Bruce Lehrmann’s aborted criminal trial to keep her identity a secret as embassy officials attend her court hearing.
Federal Court has had enough of this Instagram-famous cavoodle [SMH paywall]
But the long-running legal battle between a Sydney barrister and high-profile defamation solicitor Rebekah Giles remains afoot.
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[36] it is not clear how much of the plaintiff’s pleadings and submissions have been prepared using Gen AI. The most telling example is the reference to a wholly imaginary judgment for which the plaintiff claims that I am the author. Not only does the plaintiff provide a completely false case name, but he claims it reflects a principle of law which is equally imaginary. He cites a similarly false case name for a judgment in another court which he claims reflects the same imaginary principle of law.
In a special address at the Federal Court of Australia, Chief Justice Sir Gibuma Gibbs Salika of Papua New Guinea (PNG) commemorated the nation's upcoming 50th Anniversary of Independence and highlighted the critical role of legal pluralism in its judicial system.
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