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• University of Melbourne to repay $72 million to staff after 'unlawful' conduct across a decade - ABC News
   

• High Court battle looms for Allan over electoral funding laws [The Age paywall]

  Correspondence between Jacinta Allan and independent candidates reveals why a dispute over Victoria’s electoral laws is likely to head to the top court.
   

• Father of injured cyclist lashes out as Andrews crash case heads to civil trial [SMH paywall]

  A civil court stoush between cyclist Ryan Meuleman and a law firm over a crash involving former premier Daniel Andrews’ wife Catherine is going to trial.
   

• NAAJA offers $1.5m to settle CEO Priscilla Atkins's unlawful dismissal case - ABC News
   

• Sydney Trains: Sunday night court order blocks unions from striking after Sydney Trains talks break down
   

  • Sydney Trains v Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union [2024] FCA 1411
     

Editor’s picks

• Borderline Disaster: An Empirical Study on Student Usage of GenAI in a Law Assignment - Armin Alimardani - University of Wollongong :: SSRN
   

  • As an aside, the following declaration of interest is included by Dr Alimardani with the paper - “I am reporting that I have a short-term, part-time contract with OpenAI as a consultant. However, this research was not funded by OpenAI and the views expressed in the article are entirely my own”. So OpenAI is engaging an Australian legal academic as a consultant… 👀 🤔🧐
     

• Understanding adult sexual assault matters: Insights from research and practice | Australian Institute of Family Studies

  We were commissioned by the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department to develop this resource to strengthen justice responses to sexual assault and improve victims’ and survivors’ experiences in the criminal justice system. While the target audience is people working in the justice sector (police, lawyers and people working in the court system), others may also find it useful.
   

• The map, songline and pipeline. How legal experts misused Indigenous culture [The Age paywall]

  “OMG, we win again!!!” wrote one campaigner about the fight with oil and gas giant Santos. But then the court changed its mind.
   

• Court delays ‘driving innocent prisoners to plead guilty’ in England and Wales | Prisons and probation | The Guardian
   

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