Scott Morrison Robodebt legals fees more than $460k

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• Ministers rack up $1m more in taxpayer-funded robodebt legal expenses, with Scott Morrison topping list | Australia news | The Guardian
   

• Brittany Higgins said ‘no one goes for Morrison and gets away with it’, according to husband’s messages | Defamation law (Australia) | The Guardian
   

  • New lawsuit launched against Brittany Higgins to try and gain access to $2.4 million government settlement - ABC News

     

• Ex-Lib ordered to fly in for Pesutto's defamation trial
   

  • Deeming v Pesutto [2024] FCA 951
     

• Monash IVF reaches $56m settlement with 700 former patients after allegedly destroying potentially viable embryos | Health | The Guardian
   

• Murray Watt dares CFMEU to take ban to High Court [The Age paywall]

  “Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt has dared the construction union to bring on a High Court challenge to new laws designed to place scandal-plagued unions into administration, declaring the bill robust enough to withstand a legal challenge.”

   

• Melbourne Demons football club defeats businessman Peter Lawrence’s bid to pry open ‘oppressive’ board [AFR paywall]

  Businessman Peter Lawrence lost his case against the Demons’ identity-stacked board, but won concessions including the release of details of its 70,000 members.

   

  • Lawrence v Melbourne Football Club Ltd [2024] FCA 945
     

• Ex-Fortescue staff were spied on for up to 17 hours a day [The Australian paywall]

  More details have been revealed in the Federal Court about the extraordinary surveillance efforts undertaken by Fortescue to spy on its former executives.
   

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  Today the Albanese Government has introduced the next stage of reforms to make the family law system simpler, safer and fairer for all Australian families.

  The Family Law Amendment Bill 2024 would ensure family and domestic violence can be taken into consideration in property settlements for separating families.
   

• Clayton Utz raids MinterEllison’s Canberra office [AFR paywall]
  Clayton Utz has hired four partners from rival MinterEllison as part of a push to bolster its Canberra office and win more government legal advisory work.
   

• Ex-KPMG legal team off to strong start at Mills Oakleys [AFR paywall]

  A team of corporate lawyers from KPMG has moved to law firm Mills Oakley, taking most of their clients with them.
   

• Australian Taxation Office fires warning shot over 'hopelessly flawed' sovereign citizen movement's tax advice - ABC News
   

• Examining the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Israel's Occupation of Palestinian Territory - Melbourne Law School - YouTube

  On Wednesday 31 July 2024, the Institute for International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law School hosted a panel discussion examining the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on the legality of Israel's occupation of Palestinian Territory.

   

  • An open letter from legal experts on the ICJ Advisory Opinion - Overland literary journal
     

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