Possible contempt of court in Lehrmann defamation trial

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Daily wrap  

• Justice Lee has made orders requiring Google to provide registration details and IP login of Youtube channel that has republished parts of the Lehrmann defamation trial livestream. Justice Lee mades orders on 22 Nov 2023 prohibiting recording of the livestream and noting that any such recording may amount to contempt of court.
   

• Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial live: Linda Reynolds’ former chief of staff Fiona Brown tells court Lehrmann’s explanation for Parliament House visit after midnight ‘seemed off’
   

  • Brittany Higgins's former chief of staff Fiona Brown allowed to give evidence in closed court session
     

  • Brittany Higgins told senior colleague she remembered Bruce Lehrmann on top of her, defamation trial hears | Australia news | The Guardian
     

• Man who killed two women nearly 30 years apart receives second life sentence in Victoria | Crime - Australia | The Guardian
   

• Kimberley community 'suffering' as specialist family and domestic violence court delayed - ABC News
   

• Appointments and short-term re-appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Our ministers – Attorney-General’s portfolio
   

  • The Australian Government has appointed a new Judicial Deputy President and made 22 new member appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). The Government has also made 63 short-term member re-appointments to the AAT.
     

  • Justice Ian Jackman SC appointed as Judicial Deputy President
     

• ‘Full blooded’ fight over Qantas class action avoided [The Australian paywall]
   

  • “Two law firms who filed competing class actions against Qantas over its Covid travel credit scheme have agreed to join forces amid a fiery court hearing.”
     

• Special leave granted in Sanofi ($325m claim by Cth)
   

• 'Pattern' rape case lawsuits up to six amid judicial scandal [The Australian paywall]
   

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• NZYQ - Are the visa restrictions placed on released detainees valid? - Anne Twomey - YouTube
   

• War criminals, surgeons, Murdoch: What a wild defamation year we had in 2023
   

• Beyond ‘quiet criticism’: Filling the gaps in government accountability post-Robodebt — Australian Public Law
   

• United Against Corruption webinar - YouTube
   

  • Facilitated by IBAC Deputy Commissioner Kylie Kilgour, the online forum featured short presentations and Q&A from:

    • The Hon Paul Brereton AM RFD SC, Commissioner, NACC

    • Stephen Farrow, Acting Commissioner, IBAC

    • Deborah Glass OBE, Victorian Ombudsman

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