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Which courts and judges are fastest?
The Australian Financial Review compiles data on 10 years of commercial judgments from the NSWSC, VSC and FCA and compares the time taken to deliver judgments by individual judges and the courts as a whole.
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Elon Musk’s X wins ‘free speech’ fight against eSafety Commissioner [SMH paywall]
A tribunal has overruled the eSafety Commissioner’s order to Elon Musk to remove a post on his app X, which attacked an Australian trans rights activist.
MinterEllison facing $800k lawsuit over ‘excessive hours’ [AFR paywall]
Former employee Alfreda Garnsey accuses the law firm’s services arm of acting against her for complaining about overwork and “aggressive” emails with caps lock.
The evidence laid before the jury in Erin Patterson's murder trial - ABC News
Coalition demands rewrite of laws to re-detain NZYQ members - ABC News
Court finds 'vile' posts by Council Watch head not political commentary - ABC News
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Australia’s fastest (and slowest) commercial judges revealed [AFR paywall]
A Financial Review analysis of thousands of court cases involving companies has uncovered vast differences in how long it takes to reach a judgment.
Explore: Why Sydney is a magnet for commercial litigation [AFR paywall] - includes “judicial tracker”
Law firms take more graduates even as AI does the grunt work [AFR paywall
Using generative AI for junior-level work is now standard across the country’s largest law firms, but the overriding need for accuracy in legal work means graduates remain in high demand.
Today, the new $3.9 billion National Access to Justice Partnership 2025-30 (NAJP) commences, replacing the National Legal Assistance Partnership 2020-25 and delivering a critical increase of $800 million in funding over 5 years from 2025-26 to the legal assistance sector. This is the largest ever Commonwealth investment in legal assistance.
Ethical and costs considerations of using AI - Law Society Journal
Pens down! Government records in the WhatsApp age - Anne Twomey - YouTube
This video discusses government record-keeping, including when it is appropriate to put pens down, why it is important to keep government records of decision-making, and why care needs to be taken about who makes a record and how it is protected and stored, especially in relation to sensitive and security matters. To this extent it ties in with the investigation into the Dural Caravan incident and the 'pens-down' briefings that were held.
The video also discusses how the lack of access to government records can lead to false precedents being asserted and the distortion of history.
It ends by discussing the use of messaging apps by politicians and public servants, often as a means to by-pass formal record-keeping. It notes that these messages have been treated by the Information Commissioner and National Archives as Commonwealth records, if they concern Commonwealth business, and therefore have to be treated in the same way as other government records.
It appears an attempt at mediation may be afoot in the appeal of the #Robodebt settlement decision? By consent of the parties, leave has been granted for confidential and privileged documents to be disclosed to a former NSWSC Justice to act as mediator: comcourts.gov.au/file/Federal/P…
— Christopher Rudge (@chrisrudge)
9:00 AM • Jun 30, 2025
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