Judge steps aside from case after hot mic slip up (4 October 2023)

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Daily wrap

Quiet legal news day yesterday

• From today, accused rapists in Queensland can be named by the media before they go to trial. Here's what's changing

• Judge Pamela Jenkins steps aside in ANZ discrimination case after Zoom hot mic recorded candid comments after hearing’s end

• Meta (Facebook owner) issues summons for documents in private prosecution brought by Andrew Forrest over alleged crypto scam

• Drew Pavlou loses challenge against Brisbane City Council over anti-Chinese Communist Party protest

• Hamilton v Meta Platforms, Inc. [2023] FCA 1148 (29 Sept 2023) - Cheeseman J permanently stays crypto class action against Google and Meta (Facebook) due to litigation funder conflict of interest

Editor’s picks

• Uncovering the truth of our legal history - Law Society Journal

• ANU Public Law Conference 2023: Integrity and Innovation - Friday 27 October 2023. Speakers include:

  • Professor Gabrielle Appleby (UNSW)

  • Dr Lynsey Blayden (University of Sydney)

  • Joshua Thomson SC (Solicitor-General of WA)

  • Professor AJ Brown (Griffith)

  • Professor Terry Carney (University of Sydney)

  • Dr Jason Donnelly (barrister, Latham Chambers)

  • Professor Matthew Groves (Deakin)

  • Professor Vivien Holmes (ANU)

  • Katie Miller (former Deputy Commissioner of IBAC)

  • Rebekah O’Meagher (NACC)

  • Professor Jeannie Paterson (Melbourne Law School)

  • Kieran Pender (ANU)

  • Professor Asmi Wood (ANU)

• Writing a Law essay? Remember to argue! – Public Law for Everyone (Public Law For Everyone is a blog by Mark Elliot - Professor of Public law and Chair of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge).

• Recording of Justice Dixon’s (Victorian Supreme Court) farewell found here. His Honour was admitted to practice in 1977, signed the Victorian Bar roll in 1981, took silk in 2007 and appointed to the Supreme Court in September 2010.

“Talking about the Voice: A conversation without the noise” - A panel discussion with Dr Dani Larkin - UQ, Associate Professor Kate Galloway - Griffith, Professor A J Brown AM - Griffith, Professor Luke Beck - Monash, Professor Melissa Castan - Monash

Lord Denning (who Margaret Thatcher called "probably the greatest English judge of modern times") on the development of administrative law. More footage from this 1984 interview with Lord Denning can be found on the posting Youtube channel.

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