Online file for Lehrmann appeal established

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• DPP in another private complaint to chief judge [The Australian paywall]

  Sally Dowling SC launched a scathing attack on a NSW District Court judge Sean Grant, in another extraordinary secret complaint to the court’s chief judge written in the middle of criminal proceedings.
   

• Santos takes aim at ‘cause lawyering’ in Barossa fight

  The resources giant is going for the jugular in its fight with the Environmental Defenders Office over the NT gas pipeline.
   

  • Munkara v Santos NA Barossa Pty Ltd (No 5) [2024] FCA 717
     

• Fatima Payman citizenship case ‘unprecedented’: law experts [The Australian paywall]

  Rogue senator Fatima Payman’s inability to renounce her Afghan citizenship leaves uncertainty about her eligibility to serve, constitutional experts warn.
   

  • Is Senator Payman disqualified? Section 44 redux - Anne Twomey - YouTube
     

  • Senator Payman took steps to renounce her Afghan citizenship as detailed in the AEC qualification checklist she submitted - found here.
     

• Federal Court allows class action contingency fees [AFP paywall]

  Law firms will be able to run class actions off their own balance sheets in the Federal Court and share in damages awards.
   

  • R&B Investments Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Blue Sky (Reserved Question) [2024] FCAFC 89
     

• Leading NT barrister says community legal sector collapsing, as crossbench calls for urgent funding injection - ABC News
   

• Wallabies star Kurtley Beale loses bid to have six-figure legal bill covered after he was cleared of sexual assault | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
   

• The 'stick lady', a frustrated cyclist and a court case that helped spark major change to defamation laws

   

• Clifford Chance partner to dispute his termination [AFR paywall]

  Perth-based Sam Luttrell, a leading arbitration lawyer, was terminated by the firm after an investigation into complaints of serious misconduct.
   

• The Senate's report into ASIC is as scathing as it is overdue for a regulator that's been failing for decades - ABC News

  “ASIC's failures have been well documented over the past 25 years, most recently by former High Court justice Kenneth Hayne in his royal commission into banking misconduct.”
   

• Pair charged with pervert the course of justice

  “Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two people from a Melbourne law firm as part of an ongoing investigation…

  The charges relate to an alleged incident where a false document was tendered to the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 26 September 2023.”

   

Editor’s picks

• A new online file has been created for the Lehrmann defamation appeal - Lehrmann v Network Ten: Online File (Appeal)
   

• The Victorian Bar - Oral History
   

  • a Youtube playlist is also available here - Victorian Bar Oral History - YouTube
     

• Unpacking the ethics of AI in the legal industry | Thomson Reuters: AI futures | The Guardian
   

• HFforLegal (Hugging Face for Legal)

  “Welcome to HF for Legal, a community dedicated to breaking down the opacity of language models for legal professionals. Our mission is to empower legal practitioners, scholars, and researchers with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate the complex world of AI in the legal domain. At HF for Legal, we aim to:

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• Commonwealth of Australia v Palmanova Pty Ltd [2024] FCAFC 90

  [40] This case concerns an artefact, which is made from black basalt and which was purchased online by the respondent, an Australian company, for USD$17,340.00 from the Artemis Gallery in Colorado. As the judgment recites at J [1], the artefact was shipped by FedEx to Melbourne on or about 24 June 2020. Upon its entry into Australia, it was intercepted by officials acting under the Customs Act 1901 (Cth) and retained by them. Documentation accompanying the artefact suggested that it was pre-Columbian in origin and came from Tiwanaku, an ancient city the monumental ruins of which lie in Bolivia near Lake Titicaca
   

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