Judge Vasta Files Notice of Appeal in 300k Wrongful Imprisonment Case (29 September 2023)

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Daily wrap

• New laws will give Australians the right to sue for ‘serious’ breaches of privacy

  • Corrs Chambers Westgarth summary of the reforms
    

• Justice John Dixon (VSC), a “giant of the court”, uses retirement speech to call for constitutional recognition

• Police officer’s Bali holiday selfie with Ben Roberts-Smith and Zachary Rolfe leads to questions from Queensland force

• Govts appeal $300k award for wrongful jailing by Judge Vasta

  • It also looks like Judge Vasta himself has filed a notice of appeal
    

• The fallout from a recent case has federal circuit judges nervous – but legislating to protect them may be a step too far | Richard Ackland

• Woodside's Scarborough gas development suffers blow as Federal Court rules part of environmental plan invalid

  • Colvin J’s judgment can be found here - Cooper v National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (No 2) [2023] FCA 1158

• KFC Tuggeranong discriminated against breastfeeding manager who was told to express milk in storeroom, tribunal finds

  • A copy of the decision here - COMPLAINANT 202258 v SOUTHERN RESTAURANTS (VIC) PTY LTD (Discrimination) [2023] ACAT 57.

Editor’s picks

• Should more lawyers take a sabbatical? How a sabbatical can transform your wellbeing and productivity - Law Society Journal

• Live stream of inquiry into offending by former corrections officer Wayne Astill at Dillwynia Women’s Correctional Centre here.

  • Background - On 28 July 2023, the NSW Government announced- external sitelaunch that it had appointed the Hon Peter McClellan AM KC to lead a special ministerial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the offences committed by former NSW correctional officer Wayne Astill.

  • Counsel assisting the Special Inquiry are David Lloyd SC and Joanna Davidson.
    

• Perram J judgment granting leave to appeal in Seven Network (Operations) Limited v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited [2023] FCA 1154

• Horizon Hotels Pty Ltd v Australian Secured & Managed Mortgages Pty Ltd - NSW Caselaw

  • NSWCA (Payne JA, Adamson JA and Basten AJA) grants leave to appeal & allows the appeal holding that offer of finance obtained did not comply with the conditions of an Agreement such that Mr Highmore not entitled to payment of fees.

Ross Parsons Corporations Law Lecture 2023: The responsibility of shareholders (26 September 2023) - Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley FAAL (ANU)

Livestream of ACT Integrity Commission’s Operation Kingfisher public hearings continues today

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