COVIDSafe app not legally ‘transparent enough to justify’

Over 3 million Australians have downloaded the COVID-19 tracking app, but a UNSW Law professor has warned the government has not been transparent enough.

BIG LAW • Thu, 30 Apr 2020

Lawyer X, organised crime and controversial media leaks

Almost a decade ago, a former and contentious Victoria Police deputy commissioner was looking into the media leaks following the murder of Carl Williams. A new document ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 30 Apr 2020

Environmental law delays a plus for in-house counsel

The Victorian government has delayed a “complete overhaul” of environmental laws until 2021, but it might be just what in-house lawyers need to cope with during COVID-19

CORPORATE COUNSEL • Thu, 30 Apr 2020

Lawyer X inquiry resumes early May

The royal commission examining the mismanagement of criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo by Victoria Police will resume shortly.

BIG LAW • Thu, 30 Apr 2020

COVID-19 ‘powder keg’ in prisons considered by judges, major court

Human rights lawyers have filed a case before the Supreme Court arguing that the government must release at-risk prisoners, as judges across the state become wary about ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 29 Apr 2020

How much did Pell know? We’re about to find out

The Victorian government has cleared the release of unpublished findings from the inquiry into child sex abuse, which detail Cardinal George Pell’s knowledge of the ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 28 Apr 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on WA courts

In Western Australia the practice is to not typically conduct judge-alone trials in substation for vacated jury trials, so how has the state’s courts fared amid the ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 28 Apr 2020

‘Informer 3838’: The real story behind Lawyer X

Over two feature-length episodes, the story of Lawyer X was told – parts of it were on the money, the rest missed its mark. Lawyers Weekly broke down the real story ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Apr 2020

A grim reality: The justice system and sexual assault cases

Leave a little bit of evidence, and offenders of a murder are easier to prosecute. Leave the smallest remorse and offenders of manslaughter or burglary or drug ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 27 Apr 2020