Women barristers received 31% of 35,041 briefs

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• Judge lets rip at intolerant universities as source of antisemitism [AFR paywall]

  Justice Michael Lee blames antisemitism on cancel culture and intellectual conformity in universities.
   

  • Justice Micheal Lee at Antisemitism Summit - YouTube
     

  • ‘Great moral failure’: Justice Michael Lee warns of ‘great moral failure’ in universities amid rising antisemitism | Sky News Australia
     

• Queensland’s mandatory life imprisonment for murder lacks public support, law reform body finds | Queensland | The Guardian
   

• Review into family violence orders leaves sector with 'inquiry fatigue' as victim-survivors say they've lost hope - ABC News
   

• Marisha left with 'legal trauma' as community services groan under demand

  WA's peak body for community legal services is concerned tens of thousands of people seeking help will be turned away without a significant funding commitment from major the parties
   

Editor’s picks

• Progress stalls on bar’s pay gap, with targets under review [AFR paywall]

  Just one-fifth of the $1.8 billion worth of reported briefs went to women last financial year, according to Law Council data.
   

  • Annual equality report shows positive inroads, but pay gap at the Bar still a significant concern - Law Council of Australia
     

  • Annual Report of the Law Council’s Equitable Briefing Policy
     

• Statement on outcome of referral about Ms Zoe Daniel MP, Member for Goldstein | National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
   

• Media Release: Court Dog Program expands to Sydney, Parramatta and Newcastle registries | Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
   

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•  Greensill Bank AG v Insurance Australia Limited [2025] FCA 95

  1 Greensill Bank AG (in administration) (GBAG) and Dr Michael Frege (as Insolvency Administrator for GBAG) (together, the GBAG Parties) have brought an application for me to disqualify myself from the further case management of, and hearing of, the ten Greensill proceedings that are being case managed and heard together (the Proceedings). The application is made on the ground of apprehended bias. The GBAG Parties have provided detailed and helpful written submissions in support of their application. For the reasons set out below, I have decided that I ought to recuse myself from any further case management or hearing of this matter.

  2 The present application arises in the following circumstances. On 11 November 2024, prior to being appointed to this Court, I appeared as senior counsel for Marsh Limited and Marsh Pty Limited (the Marsh entities), with Mr P Meagher and Ms N Gollan, in an interlocutory application in the Proceedings…
   

• Birkenstocks are not works of art, top German court rules in copyright case | Germany | The Guardian
   

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