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The backstory to amazing court cases you need to know about. Lawyers and legal scholars give you the inside scoop on what makes these cases so extraordinary.

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  1. 04/01/2025

    Do corporations have beliefs?

    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) * * * * * * 🎙️ Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts aren’t just entertaining for listeners. For your brand they build authority, trust and help you create deeper connections with your audience.  Get in touch 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au ✉️ hello@miniaturecreative.com.au

    31 min

  2. 03/18/2025

    Is it a crime to attempt to murder a corpse?

    Today’s 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. 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) * * * * * * 🎙️ Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts aren’t just entertaining for listeners. For your brand they build authority, trust and help you create deeper connections with your audience.  Get in touch 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au ✉️ hello@miniaturecreative.com.au

    30 min

  3. 03/04/2025

    Doping in Sport: The Shayna Jack case

    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 Jack. Associate 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, 12 January 2025) The US has exposed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s precarious funding model by Catherine Ordway (The Conversation, 20 January 2025) Paul Horvath speaks on ABC Sport Podcast about the Jannik Sinner doping case (Best of ABC Sport, 17 February 2025) Doping to Win: The Risks for Feeder Clubs and Their Athletes by Alexandria Anthony (SportsLawyer blog, 6 February 2025) Australia Anti-Doping Processes: Balancing a Level Playing Field Against Unintentional Offences by Paul Horvath (SportsLawyer blog, 19 December 2024) Ethics in Sports: Mitigating Risk for Sports Organisations by Paul Horvath (SportsLawyer blog, 17 October 2024) * * * * * * 🎙️ Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts aren’t just entertaining for listeners. For your brand they build authority, trust and help you create deeper connections with your audience.  Get in touch 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au ✉️ hello@miniaturecreative.com.au

    40 min

  4. 02/18/2025

    Exile & Empire in Paradise: The UK's Chagos scandal

    Our case today takes us to the Indian Ocean, to a remote and breathtaking group of islands at the centre of a high-stakes legal battle.  The Chagos Archipelago is the focus of a decades-long dispute between Mauritius and the United Kingdom — one that involves international courts, the shadow of the Cold War, and a powerful U.S. military base.  This legal battle continues to the present day, and at its heart is a devastating human story of a paradise lost. Show Notes 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) * * * * * * 🎙️ Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts aren’t just entertaining for listeners. For your brand they build authority, trust and help you create deeper connections with your audience.  Get in touch 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au ✉️ hello@miniaturecreative.com.au

    49 min

  5. 12/10/2024

    Frontier Justice: An execution in Melbourne CBD

    It’s 1839, and Melbourne is a fledgling frontier, rife with tension between British invaders and First Australians. The arrival of two Palawa men, Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener, sparks a chain of events leading to a brutal execution witnessed by thousands in the heart of the city. Were they criminals, or resistance fighters opposing colonial invasion? This is the untold story of rebellion, violence, and injustice that shaped the early days of Melbourne — and it’s a story that most Australians have never heard. 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. * * * * * * 🎙️ Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts aren’t just entertaining for listeners. For your brand they build authority, trust and help you create deeper connections with your audience.  Get in touch 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au ✉️ hello@miniaturecreative.com.au

    37 min

  6. 11/26/2024

    Grave-robbers, mummies, cyborgs!

    Can you own a dead body? A strange story from 1868 holds the key to ownership of the human body and body parts. This curious court case continues to impact us in the 21st century... and beyond. Show Notes Guest:  Dr Marc Trabsky, Associate Professor of Law, La Trobe University Case: Doodeward v Spence [1908] HCA 45; (1908) 6 CLR 406 (31 July 1908) www.lifedeathandlaw.com * * * * * * 🎙️ Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts aren’t just entertaining for listeners. For your brand they build authority, trust and help you create deeper connections with your audience.  Get in touch 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au ✉️ hello@miniaturecreative.com.au

    42 min

  7. 11/12/2024

    Australia v Japan: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus

    Would you take a friend to court to settle a dispute? Awkward? This is what Australia did with Japan, a key friend and ally, in 2014 over Japan's refusal to stop killing whales in the Southern Ocean. Special guest Mark Dreyfus is Attorney-General of Australia. Mark represented Australia in the culmination of a 40-year diplomatic stoush between Australia and Japan which went all the way to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Case: Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan) (2014) Guest: Mark Dreyfus KC MP * * * * * * 🎙️ Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts aren’t just entertaining for listeners. For your brand they build authority, trust and help you create deeper connections with your audience.  Get in touch 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au ✉️ hello@miniaturecreative.com.au

    36 min

  8. 10/29/2024

    Face Off: Clearview AI v The World

    In 2017 a little-known Australian technologist develops a revolutionary form of facial recognition technology.  Clearview AI is being used by law enforcement agencies to hunt down criminals. But is there a catch? A series of legal disputes around the world are among the most stark and alarming of our time. Show Notes Guest: Professor Jeannie Paterson, University of Melbourne (Co-Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics) Update: Since recording, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released this Statement on Clearview AI (21 August 2024). The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir Hill (The New York Times, 18 January 2020) Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy: Statement by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (3 November 2021) ACLU v. Clearview AI case summary (American Civil Liberties Union, 11 May 2022) Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit (AP News, 22 June 2024)

    36 min

  9. 10/16/2024

    USA v David Hicks: Dan Mori

    It's 2003. An Australian man is captured by US forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on terrorism charges. The prisoner's defence lawyer is a United States Marine Corps lawyer named Dan Mori. He's about to be thrust onto the world stage in a fight against his own country's military and political establishment. (Update: The US government has revoked a plea deal with the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi.) Show Notes Guest: Dan Mori, Legal Consultant, Shine Lawyers; LtCol, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired) Case: David M. Hicks v United States of America, CMCR 13-004 (2015) (PDF) Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006) (PDF) Sworn charges: Providing Material Support for Terrorism; and Attempted Murder in Violation of the Law of War" , Military Commissions: David M. Hicks. US Department of Defense (1 March 2007) (PDF) * * * * * * 🎙️ Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts aren’t just entertaining for listeners. For your brand they build authority, trust and help you create deeper connections with your audience.  Get in touch 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au ✉️ hello@miniaturecreative.com.au

    43 min

  10. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    COMING SOON - Grave robbers! AI law enforcement!

    Grave robbers, AI law enforcement, international diplomatic beefs! Introducing Case In Point, the stories behind some of the most amazing court cases you need to know about. Each episode a special guest picks a weird and wonderful court case with an epic backstory.  Hosted by Melissa Castan (Professor of Law at Monash University) and James Pattison (the guy who's not a Professor of Law at Monash University).

    2 min

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The backstory to amazing court cases you need to know about. Lawyers and legal scholars give you the inside scoop on what makes these cases so extraordinary.

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  • Creator
    Miniature Productions
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    10
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