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Jan 14, 2025 • 29min

Children and medical consent

When there's a dispute over the medical treatment of a gravely sick child, who gets the ultimate say?
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Jan 7, 2025 • 29min

NDAs in sexual harassment cases

How are NDAs used by lawyers in the settlement of sexual harassment claims? 
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Dec 31, 2024 • 29min

Two hundred years of the NSW Supreme Court

This year, the Supreme Court of New South Wales celebrated its 200th birthday.
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Dec 24, 2024 • 29min

Tikanga: Incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law

Justice Joe Willams, the first Māori member of New Zealand's Supreme Court, speaks to the Law Report about how First Nations concepts are being adopted into the common law.
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Dec 17, 2024 • 29min

How stressful is it to be a judge or magistrate?

Research published earlier this year examines the impact of heavy workloads on the wellbeing of judicial officers and the quality of justice delivered.
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Dec 10, 2024 • 29min

Decades on, suspect charged over Easey Street killings; Warning signs and legal liability

Veteran crime reporter John Silvester talks to Damien Carrick about some of the big developments in the criminal justice space in recent weeks.
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Dec 3, 2024 • 29min

How police use and misuse tasers

It's the Australian trial verdict that attracted worldwide attention. 
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Nov 26, 2024 • 29min

How should the justice system respond when a judge commits a crime?

Tasmanian Supreme Court Justice Gregory Geason resigned after he was convicted and sentenced for assault and emotional abuse or intimidation. The Law Report looks at the broader question of how Australian jurisdictions balance judicial independence with accountability.
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Nov 19, 2024 • 29min

Vicarious liability and the Catholic Church; Driving with medicinal cannabis

The High Court has found that it is not possible to find the Catholic Church 'vicariously liable' for the actions of molesting priests because they are not legally speaking employees. And Victorian drivers with medicinal cannabis in their system will no longer automatically lose their licence.
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Nov 12, 2024 • 29min

Could re-election end Trump's legal woes? And compensating invasions of privacy

What does Donald Trump's election victory mean for his legal problems? And the case of a daughter who sued her father for sharing their private conversations. 

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