Friends of Christian Porter's alleged rape victim acting like "cult" members, court hears theaustralian.com.au/nation/christi…

Judgment could be delivered late tomorrow in the case to decide whether Christian Porter's high-profile barrister should be stopped from acting for him. Federal Court judge Tom Thawley says his preference is to deliver it "ex tempore", or on the spot, after case closes tmrw

Christian Porter’s high-profile barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC has been restrained from acting for him in his defamation case against the ABC. Judge finds she had access to relevant confidential information & there was a danger she could misuse it theaustralian.com.au/business/legal…

Oh Melbourne 😭 The 18-second hotel breach that brought misery and despair to seven million Victorians Stephen Lunn theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

BREAKING: Former attorney-general Christian Porter has settled his defamation claim against the ABC The Australian

Many marbles lost on this forum today. Porter & the ABC agreed on terms on which the claim would be withdrawn. That is usually known as a settlement. There was no apology, the article was not taken down, but a note added. There is to be $$ paid, believed to be six figures

Exclusive Former Attorney-General @cporterwa demand that ABC’s “scandalous” legal defence to a defamation case over a rape allegation must be permanently removed from federal court files will be challenged by media organisations including News Corp tmw news.com.au/national/polit…

Christian Porter & the ABC were competing so hard on Mon to claim victory they forgot to name the clearest winner. Scott Morrison wins from an outcome that keeps the former A-G out of the courts on an allegation he raped a woman in 1988 From David Crowe theage.com.au/politics/feder…

ABC managing director David Anderson offered an apology to Christian Porter after a series of tweets by two senior journalists in the aftermath of the defamation case. Exclusive via Nicola Berkovic in today’s The Australian Australian Media theaustralian.com.au/business/media…

Legal partnership promotions have returned to pre-pandemic levels and law firms have gone on a hiring spree, as they respond to booming work levels amid ongoing uncertainty due to Covid-19. The Australian’s legal partnership survey out now theaustralian.com.au/business/legal…

Commercial law firm Piper Alderman is reaching for the sky, notching up double-digit growth on the back of strong demand for services following the chaos of the Covid pandemic David Ross theaustralian.com.au/business/legal…

Non-disclosure agreements must be used to protect victims of sexual harassment, not brands says Kate Jenkins The Australian’s Legal Partnership Survey reveals women have reached 30% legal partners for the first time… but won’t achieve = until 2035! theaustralian.com.au/business/legal…

A couple who tried to charge their friends $370k after threatening to “sell” twin babies born via surrogacy have been referred by a Family Court judge to police The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/police-…

A family law judge has agreed to resign after an independent investigation found he had engaged in behaviour that was “sexualised in nature and otherwise inappropriate” towards two women theaustralian.com.au/business/legal…