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Two corrupt ex-Victoria Police officers flag High Court fight to hide identities | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
[69] The order sought by the police members is modest in its effect on the publication of the Reference Determination itself: it involves little more than the redaction of names and limited parts of what is a very long and detailed judgment. However, its scope is breathtaking. The proposed order seeks to prevent the media (or anyone else) from any reporting disclosing the identities of the persons found by Fullerton J to have engaged in the impugned conduct, and to do so until their deaths. It has potentially far-reaching effects. Compliance would require vigilance, potentially over decades, in the reporting of what occurred in April 2006 to secure Mr Mokbel’s convictions. That conduct, involving Ms Gobbo and several members of Victoria Police, forms part of a scandal of sizeable proportions that has significantly impacted public confidence in the administration of justice in this State.
Prominent Sydney law firm Brydens Lawyers has been hit with a cyber extortion attack targeting confidential information about cases and clients.
A high-profile Darwin barrister has been fined and disqualified from driving after ramming his vehicle into the back of a parked police car after a boozy night out.
Billionaire escapes ‘hooning’ charge, but guilty of driving offence [The Australian paywall]
Adrian Portelli has been found guilty of a driving offence but escaped a hooning charge after a Victorian court found he ‘lost traction’ of a luxury car.
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This week, we welcome County Court Judge Sara Hinchey. Sara has had a rich and dynamic career in the law. From her early days at the bar, working in huge cases and Junioring to iconic barristers, to her time as Victorian Coroner and Country Court Judge.
In This session, Richard Edney, Ran Zaydan & Edwina Dane provide a thorough guide to preparing a strong defence by examining the prosecution brief, ensuring complete disclosure, and creating a detailed chronology. It emphasizes the importance of the cultural and historical context, involving clients in their defence, and assessing the effectiveness of police investigations.
MR WALKER: It will be contractual, but – if I can be forgiven one piece of facetious cynicism – anyone who has travelled and bothered to waste parts of their lives by reading the terms of travel will wonder about whether or to what extent they are truly contractual in the sense of mutual obligations – am I ever really entitled to be flown anywhere?
STEWARD J: Yes, let us not go there.
Chief Judge of @CountyCourtVic Peter Kidd has been appointed to the Court of Appeal, effective 28 April 2025. #auslaw
bit.ly/JusticeKiddApp…— #Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia) (#@SCVSupremeCourt)
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