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Daily wrap  

• Top prosecutor says 15 sexual assault cases have been dropped after audit - ABC News
   

• Linda Reynolds seeks more than $500k damages in final day of Brittany Higgins defamation trial - ABC News
   

  • Linda Reynolds’ lawyer suggests substantial damages to ‘restrain’ Higgins from telling ‘her truth’ | Defamation law (Australia) | The Guardian
     

  • Here are the five biggest moments from the Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins defamation trial - ABC News
     

• Former ATSIC head Geoff Clark found guilty of fraud - ABC News

  “A suppression order was placed on the matter in August last year to allow five consecutive jury trials of Clark and his son Jeremy Clark to take place in Melbourne County Court, without media coverage potentially influencing subsequent juries.

  The prosecution discontinued the fifth of those trials today, meaning the media can now report on the matter.”
   

• Adelaide ‘sex pest’ accused barrister sparks lawyer outrage over ‘lack of open justice’ [Adelaide Now paywall]

  A rising star Adelaide lawyer accused of sexual misconduct against a junior female colleague has sparked widespread legal industry fury over his case’s draconian secrecy.
   

  • LEGAL PROFESSION CONDUCT COMMISSIONER v A PRACTITIONER [2024] SASCA 102 (22 August 2024)

     

• VIDEO: Victorian Government attempts to limit compensation claims over Lawyer X saga

   

• Three of four protesters avoid conviction for pro-Gaza protest on the roof of Parliament House - ABC News
   

• Australian actor Simon Baker pleads guilty to drink driving
   

Editor’s picks

• Explainer: the governor-general is also commander-in-chief of the defence forces. What does this mean in practice? Anne Twomey
   

• Lawyers Will Need To Be Capitalists In The Age Of AI – Artificial Lawyer
   

• Partisan Opportunism - Constitutionally entrenching policies to prevent political change - Anne Twomey - YouTube

  This is a companion video to the previous one on entrenchment and the amendment of Australian State Constitutions. It compares three cases from New Zealand, Victoria and New South Wales concerning a political desire on the part of Labor Governments to prevent future Governments from privatising water and electricity utilities.

   

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