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• Major staff cuts on table at Victorian magistrates court, threatening Allan government’s crime crackdown | Victoria | The Guardian
   

• Maurice Blackburn strikes deal with staff after 12-month stand-off [AFR paywall]

  The workers’ rights law firm has reached a deal with staff, which includes pay rises of up to 12.5 per cent over three years.
   

• Hey Hey it’s court day! Daryl Somers’ latest legal fight [SMH paywall]

  The former TV star has faded from Australia’s TV screens. But not from the courts.
   

Editor’s picks

• Justice Lee's golfing getaway — Capital Brief [paywall]
   

• Results of applications for special leave to appeal determined yesterday (5 grants out of 29 matters)
   

• Austlii has now completed its High Court of Australia - Seminal Case Files project. When the database was launched last year it contained documents

  relating to 8 seminal cases, it now contains documents relating to 37 seminal cases (along with files from 31 other related cases - such as cases appealed from). There are 3,155 documents included in the database, totalling 72,039 pages, including: affidavits with exhibits, transcripts, orders/order sheets, submissions, notices of motion, statements of claim, chamber summons, bills of costs, maps and photographs.
   

• Long hours, distant targets: Lawyers are getting a raw deal [AFR paywall]

  Demanding billable hours targets can make law firms unpleasant and stressful working environments. But there are better ways.
   

• Event (in person) - 8 May 2025 - 2025 Margaret Stone Lecture | UNSW Sydney

  In the second Margaret Stone Lecture, The Honourable Justice Nye Perram will consider Private Property and Public Rights: a new phenomenon?
   

• Law firm reaches $160m deal with Trump as industry divide deepens [AFR paywall]

  New York firm Milbank committed $160 million to White House-friendly initiatives after the administration raised concerns about DEI and its pro bono practice.
   

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