Lehrmann defamation trial exhibits published

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Daily wrap  

• Brittany Higgins visibly angry and in tears as Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister accuses her of lying about alleged rape | Australia news | The Guardian

   

  • various documents have now been uploaded to the online court file, found here - Lehrmann v Network Ten and Ors: Online File
     

• Kerry Stokes loses bid to stop handover of emails regarding Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation action | Ben Roberts-Smith | The Guardian
   

  • a copy of the judgment can be found here - Seven Network (Operations) Limited v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited [2023] FCAFC 185

     

• Leading brands misled consumers about ‘premium’ dishwashing tablets, Australian court finds | Law (Australia) | The Guardian

   

  • a copy of the judgment can be found here - RB (Hygiene Home) Australia Pty Ltd v Procter & Gamble Australia Pty Limited (No 2) [2023] FCA 1491

     

• 'Clear message to insurers': RACQ slugged with $10m fine for misleading customers

   

• Telehealth consultations for voluntary assisted dying are illegal under Australian law, court finds | Health | The Guardian

   

  • a copy of the judgment can be found here - Carr v Attorney-General (Cth) [2023] FCA 1500

     

• Queensland police chief suggests ‘a lot of cases’ could be retried under double jeopardy changes | Queensland | The Guardian

   

• Coroner finds staff failed patient and family by withholding 'potentially lifesaving treatment' 

   

• Former Cancer Council ambassador who allegedly faked cancer diagnosis faces fresh charges

   

Editor’s picks

• NSWSC bites back as the Hon Sophie Cotsis MP in media statement

   

• Can declaring yourself a 'sovereign citizen' get you out of a traffic fine?

   

• No body-no parole prisoner wins appeal – Proctor
   

  • “The Parole Board had argued that where about 80 to 85 per cent of the victim’s skeletal remains had been found but the remainder had not, a no body-no parole classification applied.”

     

• True crime podcast discovers potential new evidence for case

   

• Coming to your senses: How meditation and mindfulness benefit lawyers - Law Society Journal
   

• The Necessity of Revisiting the Rule of Law and the Rise of Algorithmic Decision Making - Revisiting the Rule of Law book forum — Australian Public Law

   

• Law partnership survey second-half of 2023: Firms hit pause on expanding partnerships amid slow market [AFR paywall]

   

• The Indirect Impacts of Climate Change Litigation | The University of Queensland Law Journal

   

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