Law Report

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.

Federal Court Chief Justice Debbie Mortimer on open justice in the digital age
Apr 22, 2025 – 0:28:34
High Court upholds Queensland's "no body, no parole" laws; Endangered glider possums in court
Apr 15, 2025 – 0:28:26
Can Trump's tariffs be challenged in court? Should we ban non-complete clauses?
Apr 8, 2025 – 0:28:35
Trump's war on the US judiciary
Apr 1, 2025 – 0:28:26
Race, language and the Law
Mar 25, 2025 – 0:28:34
Supporting survivors of sexual assault in the justice system
Mar 18, 2025 – 0:28:36
Do you have a legal right to work from home?
Mar 11, 2025 – 0:28:35
High Court delivers ruling in KMD detention case; Closing arguments heard in Lattouf v ABC trial
Mar 4, 2025 – 0:29:10
Do expanded federal surveillance laws go too far? And report warns private practitioners abandoning Legal Aid work
Feb 25, 2025 – 0:28:35
High Court rules judges can't be sued for damages; Legal rights and wrongs of lookalike products
Feb 18, 2025 – 0:28:36
Australia's new hate crime laws; Criminal defences of sexomnia and parasomnia
Feb 11, 2025 – 0:28:35
Should parents be prosecuted for withholding medical care from a child?
Feb 4, 2025 – 0:28:36
Recording Indigenous testimony for use in future compensation claims
Jan 28, 2025 – 0:28:35
Who can be held liable for bushfire damage?
Jan 21, 2025 – 0:28:34
Children and medical consent
Jan 14, 2025 – 0:28:36
NDAs in sexual harassment cases
Jan 7, 2025 – 0:28:34
Two hundred years of the NSW Supreme Court
Dec 31, 2024 – 0:28:36
Tikanga: Incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law
Dec 24, 2024 – 0:28:36
How stressful is it to be a judge or magistrate?
Dec 17, 2024 – 0:28:35
Decades on, suspect charged over Easey Street killings; Warning signs and legal liability
Dec 10, 2024 – 0:28:34
How police use and misuse tasers
Dec 3, 2024 – 0:28:33
How should the justice system respond when a judge commits a crime?
Nov 26, 2024 – 0:28:36
Vicarious liability and the Catholic Church; Driving with medicinal cannabis
Nov 19, 2024 – 0:28:36
Could re-election end Trump's legal woes? And compensating invasions of privacy
Nov 12, 2024 – 0:28:36
The dilemmas of parole board decision making
Nov 5, 2024 – 0:28:37
Unfair dismissal: From medical marijuana to outsourced workers
Oct 29, 2024 – 0:28:37
Justice Kyrou on the new Administrative Review Tribunal
Oct 22, 2024 – 0:28:36
AI and the law
Oct 15, 2024 – 0:28:36
When can tenants challenge evictions?
Oct 8, 2024 – 0:28:36
Corporations and free speech
Oct 1, 2024 – 0:28:34
What's behind Mexico's plan to elect judges?
Sep 24, 2024 – 0:28:35
Protecting the integrity of the jury system
Sep 17, 2024 – 0:28:26
New 'justice visa' for exploited migrant workers
Sep 10, 2024 – 0:28:37
Investigating war crimes in the Israel-Gaza conflict
Sep 3, 2024 – 0:35:02
Should the Attorney-General have power to block prosecutions of war crimes and crimes against humanity?
Aug 27, 2024 – 0:28:36
Women in Law
Aug 20, 2024 – 0:28:38
Is there a role for restorative justice in sexual assault cases?
Aug 13, 2024 – 0:28:39
Reforming sexual assault law in Australia
Aug 6, 2024 – 0:28:40
Combatting illegal trade in human organs
Jul 30, 2024 – 0:28:40
Solving Britain's prison crisis; kids who don't repay the 'bank of mum and dad'
Jul 23, 2024 – 0:28:34
How does a judge know if an offender is truly sorry?
Jul 16, 2024 – 0:28:36
Children and medical consent
Jul 9, 2024 – 0:28:37
A deep dive into diplomatic immunity
Jul 2, 2024 – 0:28:39
Should foreign judges sit on Hong Kong's highest court? Anti-discrimination laws in religious schools
Jun 25, 2024 – 0:28:27
How stressful is it to be a judge or magistrate?
Jun 18, 2024 – 0:28:37
Protecting First Nations sacred sites: are Australian laws fit for the task?
Jun 11, 2024 – 0:28:37
BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E5 | Fences
Jun 6, 2024 – 0:12:00
Trump's legal woes; Bad Neighbours: fences
Jun 4, 2024 – 0:28:26
BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E4 | Cars and apartments
May 30, 2024 – 0:12:00
Can X be held liable for publishing hate speech in Australia? Bad Neighbours: cars & apartments
May 28, 2024 – 0:28:36

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