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• Win for Albanese government as high court rules indefinite detention legal in non-cooperation cases | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian
   

  • ASF17 v Commonwealth of Australia [2024] HCA 19 (10 May 2024). Judgment summary here.
     

  • Detaining uncooperative non-citizens - the ASF17 judgment - Anne Twomey - YouTube
     

• Order from eSafety to hide Sydney church stabbing video was invalid, X tells court | X | The Guardian

  “The barrister for the eSafety commissioner, Tim Begbie KC, told the court the decision document captured key factors the decision-maker considered. Begbie said eSafety had 28 days to put on a full statement of the reasons for the decision through the separate review process X launched in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.”
   

• Federal Court orders Bruce Lehrmann to pay Network's Ten's costs over failed defamation case - ABC News
   

  • Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Costs) [2024] FCA 486.
     

  • What happens if Bruce Lehrmann can't afford to pay the massive legal bill coming his way
     

• Chris Dawson’s new claim over mystery Lyn call [The Australian paywall]

  No proof that Lyn was dead: Chris Dawson tells the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal the judge caused a miscarriage of justice, as it’s revealed DPP Sally Dowling will fight the case herself.
   

• Jury in Greg Lynn's murder trial over deaths of campers Carol Clay and Russell Hill discharged - ABC News
   

• Senator Linda Reynolds’ defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz returns to WA Supreme Court
   

• Judge blasts ‘aggressor’ police over Covid lockdown protests [Herald Sun paywall]

  A judge has found Victoria Police used “unlawful” violence during a Covid lockdown protest in Flagstaff Gardens in which a man was “pushed and attacked” and left with a dislocated arm.
   

  • DPP v Patterson & Anor [2024] VCC 487 (16 April 2024)
     

• NDIS Class Action | Mitry Lawyers

  Mitry Lawyers is launching class action proceedings against the Commonwealth Government on behalf of individuals who are 65 years and over and who have a disability, due to their exclusion from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The Lead Plaintiff is Helen Bonynge.
   

• Man locked in tribunal battle with Jetstar after booking 58 free flights via ‘loophole’
   

• Calls for nationwide ban on practice of 'claim farming' - ABC News
   

Editor’s picks

• Just Chat: Episode 38 - Chief Justice Andrew Bell on Apple Podcasts
   

• Automatic information extraction from Employment Tribunal judgements using large language models by Joana Ribeiro de Faria, Huiyuan Xie, Felix Steffek (University of Cambridge) :: SSR
   

• Federalism, the Courts and Class Actions - Beech-Jones J

  “As my friends and family constantly remind me, my appointment to the High Court of Australia did not imbue me with any greater judgment, wisdom or experience than I already possess, if any…”
   

• Australian Academy of Law - 2024 Annual Essay Prize

  The essay topic for the Prize in 2024 is as follows:

  “Taking into account the decision of the High Court in NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] HCA 37 and the response by government to it, what is the law of preventative detention in Australia: Commonwealth, State and Territory? Is it fit for purpose? If not, how and by reference to what principles should it be reformed?”. The amount of the Prize is $10,000.
   

• Brain-computer interfaces, venture capital, and the many challenges in law - Law Society Journal
   

• The Chain of Governmental Command - Anne Twomey - YouTube

  “In the United Kingdom, there is a line of succession to the throne and in the United States there is a line of succession to the presidency, if the President were to die. But what is the chain of command in governance for Australia?

  This video explores what happens when a Prime Minister dies in office and what happens when there is a vacancy in the office of Governor-General. What if there were a catastrophe that wiped out Parliament, the Government and the Governor-General? Who would have the power to act to restore representative democracy?”
   

• Bettina Arndt passed hat around for accommodation, cash and new friends for Bruce Lehrmann | Amanda Meade | The Guardian
   

• Post and boast law a poor substitute for prevention measures: ALS lawyer - Law Society Journal
   

• Controversy surrounds police stop and search laws | The Saturday Paper
   

• Why the US Supreme Court is a political organisation [AFR paywall]
   

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