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Law Report

From courtroom dramas to miscarriages of justice, to how the law affects you — and so much more. The Law Report is your accessible guide to the big legal stories unfolding in Australia and across the world.

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Children and medical consent

Law Report ·

2025/01/14

When there's a dispute over the medical treatment of a gravely sick child, who gets the ultimate say?

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0:28:34

NDAs in sexual harassment cases

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2025/01/07

How are NDAs used by lawyers in the settlement of sexual harassment claims?

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0:28:36

Two hundred years of the NSW Supreme Court

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2024/12/31

This year, the Supreme Court of New South Wales celebrated its 200th birthday.

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0:28:36

Tikanga: Incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law

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2024/12/24

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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0:28:35

How stressful is it to be a judge or magistrate?

Law Report ·

2024/12/17

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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0:28:34

Decades on, suspect charged over Easey Street...

Law Report ·

2024/12/10

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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0:28:33

How police use and misuse tasers

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2024/12/03

It's the Australian trial verdict that attracted worldwide attention.

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0:28:36

How should the justice system respond when a judge...

Law Report ·

2024/11/26

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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0:28:36

Vicarious liability and the Catholic Church; Driving...

Law Report ·

2024/11/19

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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0:28:36

Could re-election end Trump's legal woes? And...

Law Report ·

2024/11/12

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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0:28:37

The dilemmas of parole board decision making

Law Report ·

2024/11/05

What's it like to have the responsibility to decide if a serious violent offender should be released from prison and allowed back into the community?

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0:28:37

Unfair dismissal: From medical marijuana to...

Law Report ·

2024/10/29

Two unfair dismissal cases highlight a changing workplace. A Philippines based legal assistant has just won the right to bring an unfair dismissal case against her former employer. And the case of the stevedore with a medicinal cannabis prescription.

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0:28:36

Justice Kyrou on the new Administrative Review Tribunal

Law Report ·

2024/10/22

In his first media interview, Administrative Review Tribunal President Justice Emilios Kyrou outlines some of his new powers. They include the ability to order the publication of low level, routine decisions, which may reveal systemic bureaucratic failures such as the Robodebt disaster.

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0:28:36

AI and the law

Law Report ·

2024/10/15

How should the law respond to the risks and benefits of Artificial Intelligence?

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0:28:36

When can tenants challenge evictions?

Law Report ·

2024/10/08

How do tenancy tribunals balance the competing needs of tenants and landlords? And why is Victoria - from a tenants' perspective - ahead of the pack?

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0:28:34

Corporations and free speech

Law Report ·

2024/10/01

To what extent should employers be able to restrict employees from expressing their views and opinions in public?

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0:28:35

What's behind Mexico's plan to elect judges?

Law Report ·

2024/09/24

Mexico is set to become the first country in the world to allow voters to elect every one of its 7,000 judges.

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0:28:26

Protecting the integrity of the jury system

Law Report ·

2024/09/17

What happens when serious juror misconduct jeopardises a trial? And how can jurors be protected from outside pressures?

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0:28:37

New 'justice visa' for exploited migrant workers

Law Report ·

2024/09/10

A new 'world-first', 12-month visa allows migrant workers to stay in Australia while they pursue unpaid wages or compensation for other forms of workplace exploitation.

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Investigating war crimes in the Israel-Gaza conflict

Law Report ·

2024/09/03

Nearly one year into the Israel-Gaza war, how can the International Criminal Court move forward with its investigation into the conflict?

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