Law Report cover art

All Episodes

Law Report — 262 episodes

#
Title
1

The legacy of William Ah Ket, Australia's first lawyer of Chinese descent

2

Fifty years of 'no-fault' divorce in Australia

3

The dilemmas of parole board decision making

4

New employment law pathway to hear sexual harassment complaints

5

Who should pay when prison guards or police officers cause injury?

6

Why a UK court upheld the Palestine Action terror ban

7

Should a complainant's counselling records be used in a sexual assault trial?

8

Is there a place for AI in boardrooms and the courts?

9

A bushfire starts on your property and spreads to your neighbours - are you liable for their losses?

10

Trump's war on journalists: libel or lawfare?

11

America's Erin Patterson? The Kouri Richins poisoning case

12

Does EMDR therapy taint a witness's recollection?

13

What does an election look like when there are no financial ground rules?

14

Scam victims want compensation as HSBC settles ASIC action

15

Why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail on war crimes charges?

16

Euthanasia: How Australia's approach compares to other countries

17

A cultural approach to reducing Indigenous reoffending

18

How accurate is facial recognition software?

19

High Court says government can't use ankle bracelets, curfews to monitor former immigration detainees

20

Are suppression orders out of control in Victoria?

21

Should an offender's disadvantage have an impact on their sentence?

22

Law Report Special: Star Casino executive directors breached their obligations under the Corporations Act

23

Claims chasers in natural disaster zones

24

Fifty years of 'no-fault' divorce in Australia

25

Is the right to protest being undermined in Australia?

26

British AG Richard Hermer on Gaza, Israel, Greenland, and upholding the rule of law; Political donations buy access

27

How useful is AI in creating better legal outcomes and processes?

28

What's in Australia's new hate crime and gun control laws?

29

When a natural disaster strikes, what are your legal rights?

30

Defining death: ALRC examines laws around human tissue and organs

31

Race, language and the Law

32

How art is transforming the lives of First Nations prisoners

33

"What's in your drugs?": Pill testing at music events

34

Dezi Freeman and the sovereign citizens movement

35

What does Victoria's historic treaty mean for First Peoples?

36

US lawsuits allege ChatGPT encouraged suicides, harmed users' mental health

37

Countdown to Australia's social media ban

38

How legally tight are prenuptial agreements?

39

Whitlam dismissal 50 years on

40

Fifty years of the Australian Law Reform Commission

41

Do we have a right to free speech in Australia?

42

FOI reform and government transparency; Prosecuting the spread of deepfakes online

43

High Court lets police access evidence from encrypted app used in global raids

44

If a self-driving car crashes, who is liable?

45

How should wrongful convictions be compensated?

46

Is Australia fulfilling its legal duty to act on climate change? And High Court orders return of Bolivian artefact

47

Fifty years of PNG's independence constitution

48

Erin Patterson mushroom murder sentence explained

49

Dezi Freeman and 'sovereign citizens'

50

Law Report Special: Linda Reynolds wins defamation battle against Brittany Higgins

51

Will 'post and boast' laws stop offenders bragging on social media? Australia tightens vaping regulations

52

Nine's victory in Al Muderis defamation case; Legal fight over 'Never Get Busted' director credit

53

Record damages in Mad Mex sexual harassment case; Reviewing the legal definition of terrorism

54

Legal conditions for Palestinian statehood; Electronic wills after Covid

55

Federal Court says Australian women can sue Qatar Airways over airport body searches

56

ICJ to deliver climate advisory opinion; Denmark's plan to let citizens copyright their face and voice

57

Defining death: ALRC examines laws around human tissue and organs

58

AI and automated decision making in government

59

Law Report Special: Erin Patterson found guilty in triple mushroom murder

60

What happens inside the jury room?

61

Could a landmark US Supreme Court ruling expand Trump's powers?

62

Law Report Special: Antoinette Lattouf v ABC

63

'Pseudolaw' in the courts: Can you pay a legal debt with an IOU?

64

NSW flood insurance crisis; Marking 50 years of Australia's Racial Discrimination Act

65

How art is transforming the lives of First Nations prisoners

66

The case for stronger whistleblower protections in Australia

67

The mushroom murder trial; Tasmanian supermarket sued for banning entry to 'therapy alpaca'

68

"What's in your drugs?": Pill testing at music events

69

Queensland reviews strangulation offence

70

Labor's election landslide; How companies use AI tools to disqualify job applicants

71

How family law courts deal with disputes over gender affirming hormone therapy for children

72

Federal Court Chief Justice Debbie Mortimer on open justice in the digital age

73

High Court upholds Queensland's "no body, no parole" laws; Endangered glider possums in court

74

Can Trump's tariffs be challenged in court? Should we ban non-complete clauses?

75

Trump's war on the US judiciary

76

Race, language and the Law

77

Supporting survivors of sexual assault in the justice system

78

Do you have a legal right to work from home?

79

High Court delivers ruling in KMD detention case; Closing arguments heard in Lattouf v ABC trial

80

Do expanded federal surveillance laws go too far? And report warns private practitioners abandoning Legal Aid work

81

High Court rules judges can't be sued for damages; Legal rights and wrongs of lookalike products

82

Australia's new hate crime laws; Criminal defences of sexomnia and parasomnia

83

Should parents be prosecuted for withholding medical care from a child?

84

Recording Indigenous testimony for use in future compensation claims

85

Who can be held liable for bushfire damage?

86

Children and medical consent

87

NDAs in sexual harassment cases

88

Two hundred years of the NSW Supreme Court

89

Tikanga: Incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law

90

How stressful is it to be a judge or magistrate?

91

Decades on, suspect charged over Easey Street killings; Warning signs and legal liability

92

How police use and misuse tasers

93

How should the justice system respond when a judge commits a crime?

94

Vicarious liability and the Catholic Church; Driving with medicinal cannabis

95

Could re-election end Trump's legal woes? And compensating invasions of privacy

96

The dilemmas of parole board decision making

97

Unfair dismissal: From medical marijuana to outsourced workers

98

Justice Kyrou on the new Administrative Review Tribunal

99

AI and the law

100

When can tenants challenge evictions?

101

Corporations and free speech

102

What's behind Mexico's plan to elect judges?

103

Protecting the integrity of the jury system

104

New 'justice visa' for exploited migrant workers

105

Investigating war crimes in the Israel-Gaza conflict

106

Should the Attorney-General have power to block prosecutions of war crimes and crimes against humanity?

107

Women in Law

108

Is there a role for restorative justice in sexual assault cases?

109

Reforming sexual assault law in Australia

110

Combatting illegal trade in human organs

111

Solving Britain's prison crisis; kids who don't repay the 'bank of mum and dad'

112

How does a judge know if an offender is truly sorry?

113

Children and medical consent

114

A deep dive into diplomatic immunity

115

Should foreign judges sit on Hong Kong's highest court? Anti-discrimination laws in religious schools

116

How stressful is it to be a judge or magistrate?

117

Protecting First Nations sacred sites: are Australian laws fit for the task?

118

BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E5 | Fences

119

Trump's legal woes; Bad Neighbours: fences

120

BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E4 | Cars and apartments

121

Can X be held liable for publishing hate speech in Australia? Bad Neighbours: cars & apartments

122

BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E3 | Surveillance cameras

123

UK court ruling paves way for new Assange appeal against extradition; Bad Neighbours: surveillance cameras

124

BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E2 | Water

125

War crimes whistleblower David McBride sentenced; Bad Neighbours: water

126

BAD NEIGHBOURS S2 E1 | Smells

127

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

128

Tikanga: Incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law

129

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

130

Judge rules, on balance of probabilities, Lehrmann raped Higgins

131

Do Queensland's criminal defence laws need to be reformed?

132

Two hundred years of the NSW Supreme Court

133

Movements in work safety: Victoria's first industrial manslaughter prosecutions and feedback on OH&S laws

134

Protecting IP rights: a guide for divorcees and inventors

135

"Trapped in silence": The campaign to end NDA misuse

136

Non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases

137

Do we have healthy industry competition in Australia?

138

Julian Assange: Will Britain's High Court approve new appeal against US extradition?

139

Mother of US school shooter found guilty of manslaughter; the death penalty in China

140

Derek Bromley to make new parole bid 40 years after murder conviction

141

ICJ issues interim measures in Israel genocide case; UK faces legal challenge over Northern Ireland amnesty law

142

South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ

143

High tech solutions to age-old crime of livestock theft

144

Justice, but not in my language: Aboriginal interpreter shortage in NT courts

145

Could sending an emoji land you in legal trouble?

146

Singing to the Sea

147

'Sovereign citizens' in the courts

148

Avoiding the legal risks of office Christmas parties

149

Grant Donaldson SC on balancing open justice and national security

150

Battle of the burger chains; hundreds sentenced in Italy mafia trial

151

Jurors who do their own research; prosecuting violence in sport

152

Why did the High Court rule indefinite immigration detention unlawful?

153

Naming sexual assault suspects in the media; surveillance in the workplace

154

Judicial capacity building in the Pacific

155

Chief Justice Susan Kiefel speaks to the Law Report

156

Voice referendum aftermath; Queensland introduces legislation to criminalise coercive control

157

Constitutional implications of Indigenous Voice proposal; could pill testing save lives?

158

Disability royal commission delivers findings; 'Fake nurse' jailed in Australian legal first

159

Victorian nurse becomes first voluntary assisted dying patient to donate organs

160

'Voices' to parliament in Scandinavia

161

The Voice and how Indigenous knowledge can help close the gap

162

Judge liable for wrongful imprisonment and a Palawa lawyer's case for No

163

New legal service for whistleblowers and Australia’s worst case of malicious prosecution

164

ACT leads the way in assisting vulnerable people in court

165

Community conversations on the Voice referendum; the Sofronoff inquiry leak

166

Could sending an emoji land you in legal trouble?

167

02/ Justice, but not in my language

168

01/ Justice, but not in my language

169

Singing to the sea

170

'Tsunami of suffering': Robodebt royal commission findings explained

171

National Anti-Corruption Commission begins investigations; juror misconceptions in sexual assault trials

172

Kids' book points refugee mums to legal help

173

Does Australia need a Criminal Cases Review Commission?

174

US lawyer faces sanctions over ChatGPT use; what family courts can do for Indigenous Australians

175

Ben Roberts Smith loses defamation case, Kathleen Folbigg released from prison

176

PwC tax leaks scandal; overcoming obstacles for deaf & blind jurors

177

How does a judge know if an offender is truly sorry?

178

'Green transition', mining & Indigenous rights

179

Compensation for sporting injuries; changes to Centrelink relationship assessments

180

'Sovereign citizens' in the courts

181

Murdoch, Dominion & Crikey; the secret trial of 'Witness J'

182

Court ruling raises questions about NSW Covid fines; What is the 'dark fleet'?

183

ACT law to ban non-urgent surgery for intersex children; cryptocurrency in crime

184

WA bikies convicted for displaying club tattoos

185

Indigenous Voice: Justice Kenneth Hayne speaks to the Law Report

186

SAS Veteran charged with war crimes: protestor prison sentence quashed: Botox alternative in High Court

187

High Court overturns marijuana house murder convictions; tax help for prisoners

188

Duggan faces 'unusual' extradition charges; Australian regulators target corporate 'greenwashing'

189

US ruling to ban caste discrimination; UN expert warns against gay conversion practices

190

High tech solutions to age-old crime of livestock theft

191

Visa cancellations & deportation

192

Victoria commits to overhauling strict bail laws

193

Surprising Decisions About Legal Liability in Car Accidents

194

Why was the AAT abolished? The dangers of witnessing wills remotely

195

Judicial review to examine 'Croatian six' convictions

196

Who should be held legally liable for accidents involving e-scooters?

197

Can machines invent and animals create?

198

Gender diversity on the bench

199

How Afghan women judges found safety in Australia

200

Singing to the sea

201

BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E4 | overshadowing solar panels

202

Data breaches and the Privacy Act; what are your rights when it comes to your home's access to sunlight?

203

BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E3 | Pesky pets

204

Youth in detention; what are your rights when it comes to pets in apartments?

205

BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E2 | Troublesome trees

206

Big banks settle insurance class actions; what are your rights in neighbour disputes over trees?

207

BAD NEIGHBOURS S1 E1 | Noisy neighbours

208

NSW coronial reform; what are your rights when it comes to noisy neighbours?

209

Inside Thomas Embling Hospital, a forensic health facility

210

'Juror misconduct' ends parliament rape trial; 'proper inquiry' in road accidents

211

UN experts suspend detention visits; and the use of secret evidence in court

212

UN calls for unlimited access for team inspecting detention facilities

213

Lawyers 'pressure test' Indigenous voice proposal; how should judges be appointed?

214

Does the Government's proposed anti-corruption legislation go far enough?

215

Police body cameras in domestic violence incidents

216

Fears states could expand use of 'post-sentence' detention after Garlett ruling

217

The Queen's role in Australia's constitution

218

Judicial review to examine 'Croatian Six' convictions

219

Chris Dawson trial: former teacher found guilty of wife's murder

220

Government releases legal advice on Morrison's secret ministerial appointments

221

High Court rejects activists' challenge to NSW surveillance laws, and women bring prison stories to the stage

222

Life, death and the law

223

Legal decisions and analytics

224

Who should be held legally liable for accidents involving e-scooters?

225

Queensland bans 'claim farming'; should media coverage affect sentencing decisions?

226

Vanuatu's push for international court action on climate change

227

Victoria's Nazi swastika law prompts call for national ban

228

Attorney General Mark Dreyfus speaks to the Law Report

229

Can machines invent, and animals create?

230

High Court curbs minister's citizenship powers, and landmark ruling on unpaid wages

231

Judge v jury trials

232

Fiji environmental crime verdict 'sets precedent'

233

Radio on the inside

234

When is a de facto relationship over?

235

Fears US Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade after draft opinion leaked

236

Russia accuses NATO of 'proxy war' in Ukraine, and juror misconduct

237

Employer liability for psychiatric injury

238

Why gender diversity on the bench is important

239

How Afghan women judges found safety in Australia

240

Cheng Lei awaits China trial verdict, and Vic court rules on wind farm noise

241

'Predatory lending', and supporting Indigenous people in NT watch houses

242

Gathering evidence of possible war crimes in Ukraine

243

The legal needs of flood victims, and Kumanjayi Walker murder trial aquittal

244

Ukraine: how clear are the laws of war? And women's rights to inherit land

245

ICC to launch Ukraine war crimes probe, and NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst retires

246

Sandy Hook settlement, and pets in family law disputes

247

High Court rulings clarify contract worker status

248

Are Australia's political donation laws fit for purpose?

249

When does misrepresenting professional experience become a criminal offence?

250

Deporting Djokovic, and Catholic diocese found vicariously liable in historical child sex abuse case

251

Crime and justice in the Torres Strait, and Cape York’s Licensing Muster program

252

Inside Thomas Embling Hospital, a forensic health facility

253

Court rules couples can conspire, and how brain implants might transform criminal law

254

How itchy underpants created Australia's consumer laws

255

'Squatters' rights', and UK health laws

256

US trademark dispute threatens ugg boot business, and deportation fears for returned prison escapee

257

Sue Neill-Fraser loses appeal against murder conviction

258

Could AI help make the law more accessible for disabled people?

259

'Body modification' on trial

260

Adriana Rivas mounts new appeal against Chile extradition

261

Reforming NSW sexual consent laws

262

UK legal action over rugby league players’ brain injury, and deciding judicial recusals in Australian courts