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Tuesday 16 March 2010
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The High Court case of the family that relocated from Sydney to Mt Isa for Dad's work. About eight months later the parents separated. Dad wanted to stay in Mt Isa. Mum -- unemployed and living in a caravan park -- desperately wanted to return to Sydney.
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Graeme Kirk was convicted of failing to provide a safe workplace under NSW OHS legislation following the death of his employee. Kirk hired an experienced farm manager to manage his hobby farm. The manager died in a work place accident when he used an inappropriate vehicle to transport materials and then drove down a steep slope.
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Tuesday 09 March 2010
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This week marks the anniversary of a pivotal turning point in the struggle for Indian independence.
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Tuesday 02 March 2010
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'A waste of public resources bordering on the scandalous.' That's the way one frustrated judge (a few years back) described a massive legal battle between two giant corporations which involved 120 court hearing days and $200 million in legal costs.
This week on the Law Report meet Michael Black, the retiring Chief Justice of the Federal Court. Find out how his court has tried to rein in out-of-control litigation.
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Tuesday 23 February 2010
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Next time you commit a crime, rather than blame your parents, your socio-economic disadvantage, or your mental state, try pinning responsibility on your DNA!
Convicted murderer Abdulmalek Bayout recently made legal history when a court in Italy reduced his sentence because it accepted that Bayout was genetically predisposed to being aggressive and violent! Controversial...well it gets worse...the so-called crime gene is more prevalent in some racial groups than others!
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The US book industry is eagerly awaiting an appeal court decision involving an unauthorised sequel of the classic novel The Catcher in the Rye written by the recently deceased author JD Salinger. The litigation deals with the question of whether or not you can have copyright in a character.
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Tuesday 16 February 2010
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Who lights fires and why? Meet a psychologist who has traveled to prisons across Australia and spoken at length to convicted offenders. She interviewed 90 arsonists—40 serial offenders and 50 one-off offenders.
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