Tony McAvoy SC appointed to conduct EDO review

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• EDO appoints eminent First Nations barrister to lead process review - Environmental Defenders Office
   

  • EDO hires silk to review ‘made-up’ Barossa pipeline case [AFR paywall]

    Tony McAvoy, SC, will review the “processes” of the Environmental Defenders Office after harsh criticism by a judge.
     

• AFL faces years of litigation over ‘messy’ concussion lawsuits, court hears | AFL | The Guardian
   

• Former Port Adelaide captain and presenter Warren Tredrea loses unfair dismissal case against Channel 9 - ABC News
   

  • a copy of Kennett J’s judgment here - Tredders Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for Warren Tredrea Trust v Channel 9 South Australia (No 3) [2024] FCA 233
     

• Alex Ophel's lawyers indicate he will plead not guilty to attempting to kill two women at Australian National University in 2023 - ABC News
   

• Claim law firm Gadens knew about Blue Sky attack in advance [The Australian paywall]

  Former Blue Sky boss Mark Sowerby’s claim against those who “conspired” to undermine the company says there is evidence law firm Gadens knew of the short attack in advance. 
   

• Regulator loses key crypto case in court [The Australian paywall]

  In a heavy blow, Australia’s corporate regulator has lost one of its key court cases targeting the regulation of cruptocurrencies.
   

  • Federal Court finds Finder Earn product was not a financial product | ASIC
     

  • A copy of Markovic J’s judgment here - Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Finder Wallet Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 228
     

• ‘Huge overstep’: row over legal diversity training [The Australian paywall]

  Barristers would be required to attend ‘equality and wellbeing’ seminars in order to continue to work, under a proposal backed in the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania.
   

Editor’s picks

• The Administrative Review Tribunal: A promising start — Australian Public Law
   

• The federal government’s new Administrative Review Tribunal must avoid the pitfalls of ‘jobs for mates’
   

• Does s 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act breach the implied freedom of political communication? Part 2 - Anne Twomey - YouTube
   

• The Fog of Law - Section 137 of the Evidence Act on Apple Podcasts
   

• Legal GenAI Around the World: Australia + New Zealand - Centre for Legal Innovation - YouTube
   

• The lawyers working themselves to death [AFR paywall]

  The mental health of lawyers is under the spotlight following the death in London of a Pinsent Masons partner, who worked 18-hour days in the months before her death.
   

• Israel broke international law with tank shelling that killed journalist, UN finds | Israel | The Guardian
   

• NZ Human Rights Review Tribunal - TAIMING ZHANG v THE FIRST ORG LIMITED (TRADING AS RED HILL RESTAURANT)
   

  • “[1] Red Hill Restaurant (Red Hill) serves hotpot. On its menu Red Hill specifies that a minimum of two diners are required to order this dish. Mr Zhang alleges that this requirement or policy amounts to indirect marital status discrimination as it is less likely that a single person would be dining with another person who is prepared to share the cost of a hotpot meal…”
     

• Australian computer scientist is not bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, high court rules | Bitcoin | The Guardian

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