New Sydney chambers of Michael Hodge KC ditches key money model - 27 Nov 2023

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Daily wrap  

• Michael Hodge KC is joining Omnia a new law firm that aims to bring women and more diversity to the bar [AFR paywall]

  • Omnia Chambers website can be found here - Omnia Chambers

     

• Bruce Lehrmann tells court he did not have sex with Brittany Higgins while she was ‘semi-conscious or passed out’ | Australian media | The Guardian

  • Live stream of trial found here from 10:15am AEDT

     

• Woodside boss Meg O'Neill attends court after climate activists charged with protesting at her home 

   

• Terrorists to be stripped of dual citizenship in legislation giving new powers to judges [Brisbane Times paywall]

   

• Former NT solicitor-general and administrator Tom Pauling AO KC dies aged 76 - ABC News

   

• Ex-NSW Labor MP who lured boys for sex with drugs and money sentenced to further 20 years in prison | New South Wales | The Guardian

   

• Judge suggests Revenue NSW ‘not following the law’ on homeless woman Covid fine | New South Wales | The Guardian

   

• Immigration detention: Rohingya refugee NZYQ given sex offender counselling sessions in ‘very special deal’ | Law (Australia) | The Guardian

   

• Melbourne man loses legal battle with pet-sitter who couldn’t get his dog Sooty to take medication via pork buns | Victoria | The Guardian

   

• Coroner to probe deaths of three people held at Howard Springs COVID facility

   

• Six-year-old boy's death on Rye carnival ride was clearly preventable, coroner finds

   

• Judge rejects former basketballer's claim he was not of sound mind when he bludgeoned partner to death

Editor’s picks

• Just Chat podcast - Episode 33 - Justice Steven Rares

   

• Julian Burnside - Featurettes - Justinian: Australian legal magazine. News on lawyers and the law

   

• FWC ruling: sacking of WFH Chrysiliou lawyer for seven hours of online surfing ‘unfair’ [AFR paywall]

  • A copy of the decision found here - Mr William Ellis v Chrysiliou IP Pty Limited, as Trustee for the Chrysiliou Law Unit Trust | Fair Work Commission

     

• Lawyers are the single greatest failing in Victoria’s justice system [The Age Paywall]

   

• Forgiveness or punishment? The government’s proposed ‘safe harbour’ laws send mixed messages on cyber security - Law Society Journal 

   

• What the US Federal Trade Commission v Amazon case means for Australia - Law Society Journal

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