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Former CFMEU officials have launched a high court challenge against the law appointing administrators to run the union, Reynolds' defamation trial concludes today,
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Daily wrap
“The unionists are represented by… Bret Walker SC and Craig Lenehan SC, Christopher Tran and Naomi Wootton”
High Court whisperer to lead CFMEU old guard’s challenge over new laws [The Age paywall]
Senior board member announces intention to quit NAAJA following string of controversies - the turmoil within the NT’s Aboriginal legal service - ABC News
Lawyer X: Police deny duty of care to protect Nicola Gobbo, in bid to avoid paying compensation [The Age paywall]
Victoria Police is claiming it cannot be held responsible in Nicola Gobbo’s long-running compensation lawsuit for failing to protect her identity and safety because she may have committed crimes while acting as a barrister-turned-informer.
Relatedly, VIC successfully appeals procedural orders in the Orman civil matter - State of Victoria v Orman and Gobbo [2024] VSCA 190 (3 September 2024)
Construction boss George Alex guilty of $10m ATO fraud after marathon trial - ABC News
Editor’s picks
The Regulation of Employee-Like Workers Under the Fair Work Act - Melbourne Law School - YouTube
Remedies in intellectual property law in Australia post-Redbubble - Justice Downes
Best Australian law firm perks revealed [The Australian paywall]
No-cost cafes, free gym memberships and $1000 ‘thank you’ bonuses. Here’s what some of Australia’s top law firms have on offer to attract and retain quality talent.
Time-keeping flaws, name-calling justify lawyer's sacking [paywall]
The FWC has upheld a law firm's dismissal of a solicitor accused of "gaming" its timekeeping system to boost a junior colleague's billable hours and telling an opposing practitioner his client was a "c-nt".
AI ‘not a threat to graduate jobs’ [The Australian paywall]
Graduates will drive law firms’ adoption of artificial intelligence, top legal minds say.
Harvey Launches Legal GenAI Evaluation System: BigLaw Bench – Artificial Lawyer
Harvey has publicly launched BigLaw Bench, their own methodology for evaluating the accuracy of genAI tools when used on legal tasks, measuring ‘what % of a lawyer-quality work product does the model complete for the user?’ when it comes to the answers.
Podcasts
S5 Episode 21: Daze in Court: Gender Dysphoria and the Legal Process –Think Foley's – Apple Podcasts
In this episode of Daze in Court, Foley's List members Rohan Hoult is joined by Belle Lane to take a deep dive into the legal process for family law matters relating to gender dysphoria, discussing what is gender dysphoria; how it's relevant to the Courts; and how to approach these sensitive issues to achieve the most effective outcomes.
Investigating war crimes in the Israel-Gaza conflict - ABC Law Report
Elisa Arcioni: Truth Telling A - Just Cause - Apple Podcasts
Following the failed 2023 referendum, many questions have arisen as to the best way forward to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. In this episode, law students Charles Hao and Mahati Garimella talk to USYD Associate Professor Elisa Arcioni about her work on inclusion and exclusion within the Australian Constitution, led by the overwhelming question – what comes next?
The biennial John Lehane Memorial Lecture will be held today at 5:15pm, 3 September 2024, in the Banco Court, Queens Square. The lecture, titled “Contractual interpretation: An Anglo/Australian journey”, will be delivered by Lord Hamblen, Justice of the @UKSupremeCourt. No… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— NSW Supreme Court (@NSWSupCt)
1:45 AM • Sep 3, 2024
As climate change threatens our oceans, can international law and the UN meet the challenges of climate change?
Dr Nilufer Oral (@NUSingapore) discusses the role of global cooperation in tackling these urgent issues.
Join us on Sep 19 🔗 unimelb.me/3TdUmvv
— Melbourne Law School (@MelbLawSchool)
5:03 AM • Sep 3, 2024
Walker's argued cases in @HighCourtofAus: classic.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinosr…
Past 2 years:
- wins: Tesseract, Begovic, Potts, Real Estate, CICG, ENT19, Spain, Awad
- losses: Godolphin, Obian, GLJ, Carne, Zurich, Vunilagi, Jacobs, Unions NSW, Bryant— Jeremy Gans (@jeremy_gans)
7:01 AM • Sep 3, 2024
The High Court will tomorrow hear the appeal in Commonwealth of Australia v Sanofi (formerly Sanofi-Aventis) & Ors hcourt.gov.au/assets/registr…
— High Court of Australia (@HighCourtofAus)
7:40 AM • Sep 3, 2024
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