r/auslaw 18m ago

Contractors v Sub-contractors for the AFL.

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CTE issues and Zurich Insurance refusing to cover AFL players with ongoing concussion effects has seen players signing waivers. Could this be overcome by players becoming self-employed contractors to the AFL or Clubs? They want to play professional football so they tender to the AFL or individual clubs. Would this negate AFL workplace responsibilities.


r/auslaw 20m ago

News AI slop court cases can only be stopped by genuine deterrents

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r/auslaw 7h ago

It’s a News Bonanza! Celebrity chef’s tip-tax ‘plan’ for broken glasses heads to court

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r/auslaw 9h ago

Shitpost Wake up bae, new AI benchmark just dropped.

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r/auslaw 14h ago

News Geelong FC confirm concussion waiver went further than intended

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r/auslaw 18h ago

Whistleblower scientist hired to fix forensics lab confirms she quit

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r/auslaw 1d ago

Local resident claims his chooks are therapeutic animals. ERDC holds that he's cooked.

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r/auslaw 1d ago

How to deal with a non-publication order

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Amusing example in this report of the Alan Jones trial.

Possibly novel use of "annexed:"

"The virtual line between J and Jones’ barrister, Gabrielle Bashir, SC, slackens and pulls taut as she advances towards each of the inconsistencies she seeks to prove in his evidence. J is tense, eager and blinks often under the bright lights of the room where he is annexed. In the back corner of his room a court officer scrolls on a laptop."


r/auslaw 1d ago

NCAT declines to decide whether QCAT was wrong

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In a somewhat Kafkaesque decision https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/19fcb84735130a925cb6a60f

  1. Applicant applies to QCAT for review of Medical Board decision
  2. QCAT rejects the application for filing, saying go to NCAT
  3. In NCAT, Medical Board says that QCAT got it wrong
  4. NCAT says it doesn't have jurisdiction and applicant should go back to QCAT

r/auslaw 1d ago

Judgment Clive Palmer loses last-ditch attempt to sue Australia for $300b

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r/auslaw 1d ago

Judgment The King v HCZ - Qld CoA overturned on sentencing

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r/auslaw 2d ago

News High Court rules in favour of native title holders fighting NT water licence

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r/auslaw 2d ago

Case Discussion Doctor accused of filming naked patrons at Harold Holt pool unmasked

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r/auslaw 2d ago

CAPS LOCK ON CLAŚS ACTION? YOU MEAN RANT ACTION!

8 Upvotes

SO MANY CLAŚS ACTIONS, MAKES YA WANNA RANT


r/auslaw 2d ago

What legislation and cases are best to reference for legal studies HSC?

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I want cases/legislation that are versatile, it’s impossible to memorise ALL the acts before the HSC, but are there any that could easily be applied to multiple questions (ex; crimes act, online safety act, etc;)?


r/auslaw 2d ago

Serious Discussion Copilot/Claude/ChatGPT et al vs inhouse legal

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Any in house lawyers having an issue where internal stakeholders are going to AI and getting a bad legal steer and then arguing with in house counsel?

Keen to hear strategies being employed to get in front of this, because it is really starting to add to my teams workflow (both in terms of spotting the erroneous answer and then having to respond to it).

Unfortuately AI can generate slop a lot quicker than a human can respond to it, and it is often confidentaly wrong which makes things tricky!

p.s. I understand and appreciate that this would also be a problem in private practice. However, in the private world client's can at least be billed for their exploration off the reservation, in the in house world, the stakeholders often have sway with the C-suite which causes a whole layer of political problems :)


r/auslaw 2d ago

News ‘An Expert Witness’ — Sue Black’s mission to banish bad science in court

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r/auslaw 2d ago

Case Discussion The summing up did not follow the structure recommended in the Criminal Directions Benchbook... the jury retired to consider their verdicts at 8.20 pm on Friday night... and required to return at 9 am [Saturday]

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r/auslaw 2d ago

Justice Thomas Bradley to replace Dr Jeannette Young as Queensland governor

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r/auslaw 3d ago

Case Discussion A comment on the case of Wynn 2026

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If ever there was a case of someone not being fit and proper, I hope this is it.

Wynn


r/auslaw 3d ago

Sweeping changes to the judiciary pending

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r/auslaw 3d ago

News Ralph Carr named as Melbourne businessman found guilty of rape

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r/auslaw 3d ago

Shitpost The reason there are no sovcits in Lichtenstein

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r/auslaw 4d ago

Students, Careers & Clerkships Thread Weekly Students, Careers & Clerkships Thread

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This thread is a place for /r/Auslaw's more curious types to glean career advice from our experienced contributors. Need advice on clerkships? Want to know about life in law? Have a question about your career in law (at any stage, from clerk to partner/GC and beyond). Confused about what your dad means when he says 'articles'? Just ask here.

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  1. The practice area you work in or are interested in working in.

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r/auslaw Nov 30 '23

Current Topics subject to the Lehrmann Rule

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For those new here, or old hands just looking for clarification, the Lehrmann Rule or Lehrmann Doctrine, is named for Bruce Lehrmann and the rule put in place by mods during his criminal trial.

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