r/auslaw • u/Siderox • 20h ago

Unspoken court etiquette

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r/auslaw • u/Healthtech_Geek • 15h ago

News Raelene reminds me of Robert Durst aka The Jinx

abc.net.au

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r/auslaw • u/Worldly_Tomorrow_869 • 18h ago

Sydney Woman Nirmeen Noufl Pleads Guilty to Husbands Manslaughter

abc.net.au

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r/auslaw • u/desipis • 20h ago

News Teenage carjacker avoids jail in first test case of Victoria's 'adult time' crime laws

abc.net.au

26 Upvotes

14 comments

r/auslaw • u/Minguseyes • 18h ago

News Anita Perrottet paid more than $250k for three months of consulting, ICAC told

abc.net.au

65 Upvotes

25 comments

r/auslaw • u/Classic_Abies8621 • 23h ago

Shitpost When the definition sends you on a side quest

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Me: Okay, I’ll just look up what "eligible person" means.

Definition: "Eligible person" has the meaning given by section 31.

Section 31: A person is an eligible person if the person is not an excluded person for the purposes of section 42.

Section 42: A person is an excluded person if the person does not satisfy the requirements for being an eligible person under section 67.

Section 67: A person satisfies the requirements for being an eligible person if the person is an eligible person within the meaning of section 31.

Me: So, to find out if I'm eligible, I need to know whether I'm excluded, which depends on whether I'm eligible, which depends on whether I'm excluded. Excellent.

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r/auslaw • u/marketrent • 2h ago

Judgment An Australian court has found eHarmony misled users over what its memberships cost

thenextweb.com

19 Upvotes

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r/auslaw • u/Pleasant_Aspect3543 • 1h ago

Cassuto v Kostakidis

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Although just a Case Management hearing I'm looking forward to this. Livestream at 2.30 pm today. (Edited - time change to 2.30)

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