The Judge Vasta appeal to be heard by HCA

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Daily wrap  

• The High Court has granted removal of Judge Vasta case from the FCFCA to the HCA
   

  • State of Queensland v Mr Stradford (a pseudonym) & Ors [2024] HCASL 23 (8 February 2024)
     

  • Background to the matter can be found here - Judge seeks more immunity in false imprisonment appeal
     

• Tony Mokbel’s lawyers want to quizz former police commissioners, judges, prosecutors in witness box [The Age paywall]
   

  • Tony Mokbel’s list of witnesses for his appeal against drug tracking convictions include former directors of public prosecutions, Justice John Champion and Jeremy Rapke KC, and barrister Geoffrey Horgan, KC.
     

• How the implosion of NAAJA led to an exodus of lawyers from Alice Springs
   

  • 'National disgrace': Verna's son has been locked up for two months and hasn't been able to access a lawyer
     

• Exclusive: Plibersek intervenes after BoM executives lie to court | The Saturday Paper
   

• Snowtown accomplice Mark Haydon's imminent release triggers proposed law change
   

• Woman accused of murdering elderly parents will dispute breach of bail charges, court hears
   

• 'I never thought it'd be that dangerous': Guilt, remorse and $1.3m fine after workplace death
   

• Police charge Alice Springs MLA Joshua Burgoyne with careless driving causing serious harm
   

• Driver of stolen car in fiery Sydney Harbour Bridge crash escapes jail time
   

• Gen Z lawyers warned over ‘silly’ disconnect rules [The Australian paywall]
   

  • “Young lawyers have been cautioned against weaponising Labor’s new workplace laws against their employers, with one legal heavyweight saying it could be ‘career-ending’ for budding talent.” 
     

• NAB ASX: Federal Court finds NAB fraud secrecy claim has ‘air of a Kafka novel’

Editor’s picks

• The Callover: Going to the Bar on Apple Podcasts
   

• Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Cross-claims) [2024] FCA 102
   

  • [9] It is said that one should resist the temptation to say “I told you so”, but here I cannot: it is plain that issues which have emerged in relation to the cross-claims directly affect issues at play in the defamation proceeding.
     

  • [36] “I am in the unusual position in this case of having some insight into how the sausage has been made. I have seen, for instance, detailed (and at times colourful) email exchanges between the legal representatives of each respondent, identifying the various ways in which Network Ten and Ms Wilkinson proposed to file their defences and approach the conduct of the litigation more generally.”
     

• 2024 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture: The Rule of Law in Modern - The Honourable Chief Justice Lucy McCallum (in-person event) - 28 February 2024
   

• Ex-chief justice adds her support for judge [The Australian paywall]
   

  • “Lex Lasry wins more support — this time from former chief justice Marilyn Warren.”
     

• Law Council of Australia Fortnightly Update - 16 February 2024
   

• The cease-and-desist that Taylor Swift's legal team sent to the college student tracking Private Jets and his lawyer’s response to both letters. : r/Fauxmoi
   

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