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Law firm partner unsuccessful in malicious prosecution lawsuit
Rigg J of NSWSC in Mr J (a pseudonym) v State of New South Wales [2025] NSWSC 406 finds against law firm partner who sued State of NSW for malicious prosecution, top firms use AI to support the drafting of legal advice.
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Law firm partner accused of rape at Sydney home loses $3 million lawsuit [SMH paywall]
The NSW Supreme Court said the man in his 50s was charged with sexual assault, along with another man who worked for the firm after a party fuelled by cocaine and alcohol.
Whittlesea council election in Melbourne overturned over ‘fraud’ votes: VCAT | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
Former cricketer Stuart MacGill sentenced over cocaine deal - ABC News
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Why a multimillion-dollar legal boom is running out of steam [SMH paywall]
High-profile cases including the Bruce Lehrmann and Ben Roberts-Smith feuds are helping to reshape the defamation landscape.
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ACCC commissioner Liza Carver is among lawyers recently hired from the regulator by top-tier law firms expecting a spike in demand for advice on merger reform laws.
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Space law! What is it? This week Tamsin Phillipa Paige speaks to Stacey Henderson and Cris van Eijk to find out!
Swearing in a new Government - Anne Twomey - YouTube
This video discusses the constitutional provisions that govern the appointment and swearing-in of a new government in Australia, and the underlying constitutional conventions that apply.
" [Mason CJ said] 'we didn't want to leave you with nothing to do over the summer break. So can you find an implied freedom of political communication in the Constitution?' So that was my summer task! "
— Australian Constitutional Law (@ConstitLawAus)
8:13 AM • May 11, 2025
Aaannnd now we have ANOTHER lawsuit in the never ending series of legal cases connected to the original Bruce Lehrmann prosecution!
Network 7 is now suing Taylor Auerbach, saying he breached confidentiality by leaking details of Bruce’s $1,000 Thai massages to the media
— Vaxatious Litigant 💉⚖️👨⚖️ (@ExposingNV)
11:33 AM • May 9, 2025
GORDON J: Well, then, I do not understand it.
GAGELER CJ: That is two of us.
EDELMAN J: Three.
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— High Court (Australia) Trivia (@HighCourtTrivia)
8:46 AM • May 9, 2025
10 May 1995 and 10 May 2000, two of David Jackson QC's 296 cases in the Court
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1/3— High Court (Australia) Trivia (@HighCourtTrivia)
2:12 AM • May 10, 2025
"No state of war exists as between the Plaintiff [Government of the Russian Federation] and the Commonwealth": Bret Walker SC covering all bases, in submissions arguing invalidity of an Act terminating Russia's lease of Canberra land for a new embassy .
hcourt.gov.au/cases/case_c9-…— Australian Constitutional Law (@ConstitLawAus)
2:34 AM • May 10, 2025
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