Judgment in Lehrmann v Network Ten to be handed down at 10.15 a.m. on Thursday 4 April. #auslaw #defamation

NDIS provider LiveBetter faces a $1.8 million fine over the death of a young woman who died from burns after two poorly-trained workers gave her a bath. The workers were not reckless, they were not properly trained, a court has heard. via Australian Associated Press (AAP) riverineherald.com.au/national/disab…

the victorian govt is funding a trial, led by Burnet Institute, to assess the efficacy of germicidal UV light in reducing covid + other airborne viruses in aged care facilities. minister is up early this morning, has already visited one facility where tech has been installed

Pat Leslie and I are delighted to announce the release of the Australian High Court Database, a database of all cases decided by the High Court of Australia between 1995 and 2020 available at aushighcourtdatabase.org/about.html 1/9

Did you know that your success in a defamation case could depend on where you live in Australia? That’s the reality of different laws across the country. I wade through it here. smh.com.au/national/nsw/h…

How ‘squatter’s rights’ delivered a Sydney home to one man #auslaw smh.com.au/national/nsw/h…

In October, I will be appearing on a panel on the law of privacy, with Warby LJ, Professor Barbara McDonald and Tom Blackburn SC, chaired by Desmond Browne KC. Link here: academyoflaw.org.au/event-5845442 #auslaw #defamation

I am late to this but South Australia introduced its version of Stage 2 of the reforms to the national, uniform defamation laws in late August this year. As South Australia had flagged, not all the reforms made it to the bill. #auslaw #defamation legislation.sa.gov.au/__legislation/…

The kindness of strangers: a woman saw my dog looking rather proprietorially at her BBQ chicken as she left Woolies and promptly opened the bag and gave him a huge chunk.

Media exemptions could defang privacy law for royals, stars’ #auslaw #privacy smh.com.au/national/nsw/m…

I spoke to Michaela Whitbourn about the new privacy tort 👇🏻

The Sydney juror, the murder trial and the employer’s threats #auslaw #contempt smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…

I read every word and cried a bit too. Thank you Rick for being a top-drawer human who puts empathy at the centre of journalism - not ego.

Why a multimillion-dollar legal boom is running out of steam #auslaw #defamation smh.com.au/national/nsw/w…

I am about to go in for another endo surgery because it is once again crippling - the amount of times I have had to work from bed while vomiting into something because if I took every day off that I needed, I wouldn't work two weeks of every month. And I'm lucky comparatively