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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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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.

    War crimes whistleblower David McBride sentenced; Bad Neighbours: water

    War crimes whistleblower David McBride sentenced; Bad Neighbours: water

    Former military lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months in prison for leaking classified documents that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.

    • 28 min
    BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E1 | Smells

    BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E1 | Smells

    Everybody needs good neighbours, but what do you do if yours are big stinkers? In the first of our six-part series, The Law Report sniffs out the neighbourhood smells that have landed in court, so you know where you stand with the law and the pong next door.

    • 12 min
    The end of non-compete clauses? Bad Neighbours: smells

    The end of non-compete clauses? Bad Neighbours: smells

    Should an employer be able to restrict your future work options?When you are fighting with your neighbour over things like fences, cameras or cars, whose side is the law on? 

    • 28 min
    Tikanga: incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law

    Tikanga: incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law

    Justice Joe Willams, the first Māori member of NZ's Supreme Court, speaks to Damien Carrick about how courts in his country are adopting First Nations concepts in the common law. 

    • 28 min
    Jury selection in Trump's 'hush money' trial; monitoring dangerous offenders after release from prison

    Jury selection in Trump's 'hush money' trial; monitoring dangerous offenders after release from prison

    Donald Trump's high profile criminal trial gets underway in New York. And meet the tough former prosecutor who became responsible for monitoring the reintegration of Victoria's most dangerous criminals. 

    • 28 min
    Judge rules, on balance of probabilities, Lehrmann raped Higgins

    Judge rules, on balance of probabilities, Lehrmann raped Higgins

    In a high-profile defamation case, justice Michael Lee found that former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, on the balance of probabilities, raped his then colleague Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019.

    • 28 min

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