$325m claim by Cth in High Court today

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Daily wrap  

• HCA special leave application in Sanofi matter this moring before full court at 9:30am AEDT - live stream here. Two silks on each side. J Gleeson SC for Cth and J Sheahan KC for respondents.
   

  • Background to matter found here - Australian Government takes its $325 million damages claim to the High Court
     

• Kathmandu founder guilty of using offshore entity to hide control of $14m in shares
   

• Proton Mail founder vows to fight Australia’s eSafety regulator in court rather than spy on users | Australia news | The Guardian
   

• Two alleged abuse survivors win first challenge against Australian Catholic church’s legal tactics | Law (Australia) | The Guardian
   

  • a copy of the judgment found here - CM v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Armidale - NSW Caselaw
     

• Lisa Wilkinson's evidence provided compelling viewing as she locked horns with Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers
   

  • Lisa Wilkinson tells court she was ‘largely out of the picture’ in lead up to Brittany Higgins broadcast | Australia news | The Guardian
     

  • Link to today’s livestream here - NSD103/2023 Lehrmann v Network Ten - YouTube
     

• Lawyer's fears 'validated' after spending years advocating for authorities to revisit potential gay hate crimes
   

• NT police officer acquitted of disclosing confidential COVID information during pandemic
   

• Tomisav Perinovic sues the doctor who treated his wife, who killed their children and herself 
   

Editor’s picks

• ODPP Media Statement 15 December 2023 - R v Martinez
   

  • “The Director intends to make a complaint to the Judicial Commission concerning the judgment delivered by Judge Newlinds in this matter.

    The ODPP unequivocally rejects any suggestion that it makes prosecution decisions lazily or on the basis of political expedience, or that it operates according to “some sort of unwritten policy”, as the judge has speculated. Such remarks unfairly impugn the integrity of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the staff of the ODPP.”
     

  • A copy of the judgment here - R v Martinez - NSW Caselaw
     

• Palmer v No Respondent [2023] VSCA 322 (15 December 2023)
   

  • From the catchwords “Application for leave to appeal having no prospects of success – Pseudo-legal gibberish – Mumbo jumbo – Application for leave to appeal totally without merit – Application for leave to appeal refused.”
     

• Justice Murphy will conduct an interlocutory hearing in Qantas class action at 10.15am AEDT today (will be live streamed on FCA Youtube).
   

  • Background to the matter here - Qantas faces class action over pandemic travel credits treated as ‘$1bn in interest-free loans’ | Qantas | The Guardian
     

• Judicial Dissent: A Pillar of Democracy - Law Society Journal
   

  • This essay is the winner of the 2023 Sir Anthony Mason Constitutional Law Essay Competition, written by Taylor Empeigne.
     

• Telstra can be sued for neighbour's acts – Proctor
   

  • a copy of the judgment here - Weir v Telstra Limited [2023] FCAFC 196 
     

• Matthew Laba: Fake Sydney lawyer's short-lived 'career' mirrored plot of TV series Suits
   

• The Hon Paul Brereton AM RFD SC explains the National Anti-Corruption Commission
   

• Sydney Law School Distinguished Alumni Series: In conversation with Law School alumna Georgia Dawson - YouTube
   

• Phillipa Weeks Lecture 2023: Collective Bargaining in Franchise Networks - YouTube
   

• CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight - Future 50 - Legal Innovation and Tech in 2023 – A year in review - YouTube
   

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