Case In Point

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Courtroom dramas told by the people who know them best. Produced by Miniature.

  1. 15H AGO

    #11 - Exposing One of the Biggest Corporate Cover-Ups of All Time.

    🎙️ MINIATURE is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook When English lawyer Richard Meeran uncovered mining company Cape PLC's internal documents in the 1990s, he found damning evidence of one of the biggest international corporate cover-ups in history. His friend, lawyer David Kinley, tells the story in "In a Rain of Dust", a real-life legal thriller. In this episode: How Meeran exposed the cover-upHow Cape PLC was prepared to fight dirty to keep it all suppressed, including targeting Meeran.The surreal story of finding smoking-gun documents in an abandoned mining office In a Rain of Dust: Death, Deceit, and the Lawyer Who Busted Big Asbestos by David Kinley Guest: Professor David Kinley, Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Sydney Law School Case In Point is produced by Miniature. https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/

    45 min

  2. MAR 2

    #10 - The Legal Loophole Football Leagues Use to Dodge Player Injuries.

    🎙️ MINIATURE is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook Every week, professional athletes break their bodies for our entertainment. So it will come as a huge shock to sports fans how poorly the law protects our sporting heroes. In this episode: How our sporting codes lobbied to carve athletes out of injury protection in the 1970sHow a Carlton player briefly cracked that system open in the 2000s before it slammed shut again, andWhy the concussion crisis gripping the AFL and NRL is forcing a reckoning today. If you're paid to play, and paid to get hurt, why aren't you protected when the damage is done? Guest: Associate Professor Eric Windholz, Monash University Law School Case: Whitehead v Carlton Football Club Ltd [2005] VSC 257 Further reading Why sports stars get less support than other injured workers – and how we can fix it by Eric WindholzProfessional athletes and injury insurance: A better way forward by Eric Windholz Case In Point is produced by Miniature. https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/

    34 min

  3. SEASON 3 TRAILER

    NEW SEASON - Sovereign Citizens, Space Junk, Free Speech Under Attack!

    🎙️ MINIATURE is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook Who is to blame when one of Elon or Jeff's suspiciously shaped rockets crashes to Earth from space? What is pseudo-law, and where did all these goddam sovereign citizens come from? Why was the government forced to release over 100 serious criminals into the community? These cases and plenty more coming in this new (and 99.9% improved™) season of Case In Point. Case In Point is produced by Miniature. https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/

    3 min

  4. 04/01/2025

    #9 - This Company Banned Its Employees From Taking the Contraceptive Pill (And Won).

    🎙️ MINIATURE is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook When the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a company called Hobby Lobby in 2014, it was hailed by conservatives as a win for the religious freedom of business owners. Critics of the decision said it dealt a major blow to the rights of employees to access reproductive healthcare. But there's more to this case than meets the eye.  Has the Hobby Lobby case rewritten the rules about what a corporation actually is? Guest: Associate Professor Steve Kourabas, Deputy Director, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University Case: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014) Case In Point is produced by Miniature. https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/

    31 min

  5. 03/18/2025

    #8 - Agatha Christie Anticipated This Case in One of Her Most Famous Novels.

    🎙️ MINIATURE is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook This case has been described as one of the most bizarre cases in recent Australian legal history, with a climax mirroring one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels. Today we ask: is it legally possible to murder a dead body? Guest: Dr Natalia Antolak-Saper, criminal law scholar, Monash University Case: R v Darrington [2016] VSC 60 Further Reading: Man jailed for eight years for attempting to murder a corpse (The Age, 29 February 2026) Case In Point is produced by Miniature. https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/

    30 min

  6. 03/04/2025

    #7 - An Athlete Tests Positive For Doping. Case Closed, Right?... Wrong.

    🎙️ MINIATURE is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook What happens when an athlete is punished for doping, but the athlete has no idea how the drugs entered their system? In 2019 the Australian swimming world was rocked by news that champion swimmer Shayna Jack had returned a positive test for a banned performance enhancing drug. The ensuing legal battle, including the penalties awarded against Jack, has exposed the challenges athletes face under current global anti-doping rules. Guests: Paul Horvath, Principal at SportsLawyer. Lawyer for Shayna JackAssociate Professor Catherine Ordway, Sport Integrity Research Lead, University of Canberra Case:  Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Shayna Jack & Swimming Australia, CAS 2021/A/7579 & 7580, 16 September 2021 Further Reading: Tennis is facing an existential crisis over doping. How will it respond? by Catherine Ordway (The Conversation, January 2025)The US has exposed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s precarious funding model by Catherine Ordway (The Conversation, January 2025)Paul Horvath speaks on ABC Sport Podcast about the Jannik Sinner doping case (ABC Sport, February 2025)Doping to Win: The Risks for Feeder Clubs and Their Athletes by Alexandria Anthony (SportsLawyer blog, February 2025)Australia Anti-Doping Processes: Balancing a Level Playing Field Against Unintentional Offences by Paul Horvath (SportsLawyer, December 2024)Ethics in Sports: Mitigating Risk for Sports Organisations by Paul Horvath (SportsLawyer, October 2024) Case In Point is produced by Miniature. https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/

    40 min

  7. 02/18/2025

    #6 - The Story Behind a U.S. Military Base & Britain's Secret Deportations.

    🎙️ MINIATURE is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook In the 1960s and 70s, Britain forcibly removed an entire population from the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to make way for the Diego Garcia US military base—then spent decades denying it had happened, claiming the islands were uninhabited before British arrival. This decades-long legal battle has pitted Mauritius against the United Kingdom across multiple international courts, challenging Britain's sovereignty claims and seeking justice for the exiled Chagossians. In this episode: How small states use international courts as weapons against powerful nationsThe Cold War deal that turned paradise into a military baseWhy Britain's 2024 announcement to hand back the islands came with a controversial catch Guest: Professor Douglas Guilfoyle, University of New South Wales Check out Douglas's podcast Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks. Litigation as legal statecraft: Small states and the law of the sea, by Douglas Guilfoyle (Centre for International Law Blog, National University of Singapore, 7 July 2023) The Chagos Archipelago Before International Tribunals: Strategic Litigation and the Production Of Historical Knowledge, by Douglas Guilfoyle (Melbourne Journal of International Law) Chagos islanders make historic trip home without British escort (BBC News, 16 February 2022) The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy by Philippe Sands & Martin Rowson UK Foreign Secretary's statement on the Chagos Islands (7 October 2024) Case In Point is produced by Miniature. https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/

    49 min

  8. 12/10/2024

    #5 - Were These Two Men Criminals, or Resistance Fighters?

    🎙️ MINIATURE is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook This is a story that most Australians have never heard. The arrival of two men sparks a chain of events leading to a brutal execution witnessed by thousands in the heart of the frontier town of Melbourne. Were these men criminals or resistance fighters? Guest: Professor Lynette Russell AM, Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Monash University Case: The trial and execution of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner (Melbourne, 1842) Further Reading:  Auty, K., & Russell, L. (2016). Hunt Them, Hang Them: 'The Tasmanians' in Port Phillip 1841-42. (1 ed.) Justice Press. Case In Point is produced by Miniature. https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/

    37 min
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Courtroom dramas told by the people who know them best. Produced by Miniature.

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  • Creator
    Miniature
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 Miniature
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