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Daily wrap  

• Judgment summary - KMD v CEO (Department of Health NT) & Ors [2025] HCA 4
   

• Antoinette Lattouf 's lawyers highlight ABC 'activist' claim in final submissions - ABC News
   

  • Lattouf barrister points finger at Ita Buttrose in unlawful termination feud [SMH paywall]

    Four ABC executives were responsible for the decision to axe Antoinette Lattouf from Sydney radio, the Federal Court has heard.
     

• Australia news live: multimillion-dollar settlement for passengers on trip described by lawyer as ‘cruise from hell’
   

• ‘No contact’: Ex-law firm staffer named in rogue email metadata [AFR paywall]

  A former Slater and Gordon employee whose name appeared in the metadata of the email that triggered a crisis at the firm says they had nothing to do with it.
   

  • Ambulance chasers circle Slater & Gordon over email leak [AFR paywall]

    Hopefully the firm has learnt something about being on the other side in its long history of fighting similar matters on behalf of workers.
     

  • Second Slater and Gordon HR manager sues firm [AFR paywall]

    Former payroll manager Bridgett Maddox is suing Slater & Gordon and alleges she was sacked after reporting a decade-long underpayment.
     

• Men At Work royalty dispute lands in Victoria's Supreme Court

  Guitarist Ron Strykert says he was struggling mentally when he signed over his share of royalties from Men At Work songs to a US company in 2007.

   

• Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles’ chief of staff Jo Tarnawsky wins fight for his conversation records | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
   

• Former NSW Liberal MP pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting teenage boy | New South Wales | The Guardian
   

• Cultural losses key to $1.8b damages claim by Pilbara traditional owners - ABC News
   

Editor’s picks

• Livestreaming: Peaks and Pitfalls - Chief Justice Debra Mortimer
   

• ‘Why are we here?’ judge asks prosecutor who admits he can’t win [The Australian paywall]

  In an extraordinary opening address to the court, the crown prosecutor conceded the case had no prospects of a conviction, as the judge questioned why the matter was brought in the first place.
   

  • R v Hallak - NSW Caselaw
     

• Minority Government and Confidence and Supply Agreements - Anne Twomey - YouTube

  This video is about the different possible forms of minority government and in particular, ones that rely on a 'confidence and supply agreement' with those who hold the balance of power.
   

• Supreme Court of Western Australia Artificial Intelligence practice direction: Consultation note
   

• S6 Episode 6: A View From the Other Side –Think Foley's – Apple Podcasts

  In our first Daze in Court Series of the year, List member Rohan Hoult invited Daniel Myers from Schetzer Papaleo Family Lawyers to share his insights and experiences in the family court from a solicister's perspectives.
   

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