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The Wigs — 84 episodes

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Inside Royal Commissions: History, Power and Consequence

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The extraordinary arrest, capture, transfer and prosecution of Maduro

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From the Bar to Bench: The Journey of Judge Stephen Walmsley SC

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Cannabis, Politics and Ivan Milat Theories: A Long Chat With Jeremy Buckingham MLC

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The Mokbel Appeal

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Trying Historic Abuse Claims Without the Accused

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Proactive Policing: The Wigs Interview Journalist Paul Farrell

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Final Episode of the Year - Answering YOUR Questions (Part 2)

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End of Year Special! Answering Listener Questions!

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Stephen interviews Ghassan Kassisieh (law, politics & a few things in between)

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The Knitting Nanas take on Anti-Protest Laws and Win

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Is the Trump prosecution really a 'political witch hunt'? Many say yes, Judge says no

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The Legal Requirements On Police To Consider Alternatives To Arrest

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The Wigs Live - Reasonable Cause CPD 2024

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Foreign Bribery: Analysing The Changes To The Criminal Code

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Is Indefinite Detention Punitive? Who Can Impose It? We Have An Answer!

17

Extra Wigs: The Law Is A Meme

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Back for 2024! - Judge Newlinds and criticisms of the Director of Public Prosecutions

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Felicity Graham interviews David Buchanan SC

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The Vanderstock Decision: The Exclusive Power of the Commonwealth to Levy Duties of Excise

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Stephen interviews Bri Lee, author of Eggshell Skull

22

The Curious Case of Judge Vasta

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Rodden v R - A Discussion About Costs In Criminal Proceedings

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Analysing The Combating Misinformation and Disinformation Bill.

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The Wigs Live! - The Sofronoff Inquiry and its Aftermath

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Revisiting The Prosecution's Duty of Disclosure

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Equal Protection v Affirmative Action: The Wigs Discuss The Harvard and UNC Cases

28

The Indictment of Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith

29

A Chat With The Wigs' India Correspondent Siddharth Narrain

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The leaking of legal documents. The cautionary tale of Harriet Harman

31

When An Escort To An Interview Room Led To A False Imprisonment

32

In NSW Prior False Claims of Sexual Assault Are Inadmissible; Is Reform Needed?

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Not Your Average Break and Enter: BA v The King [2023] HCA 14

34

The Inaugural Speech of Stephen Lawrence MLC

35

Domestic Violence Retractions: A flawed basis for prosecution

36

To charge or not to charge - the question of when a person can be prosecuted

37

Kathleen Folbigg - Serial killer or Grave Miscarriage of Justice?

38

Felicity Graham - Unwigged

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Emmanuel Kerkyasharian - Unwigged

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Stephen Lawrence - Unwigged

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End Of Year Extravaganza - The Wigs Tackle Equity And The Doctrine of Unconscionability + Year In Review!

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S4 E6: The Voice + The National Anti Corruption Commission + High Court case of SDCV v Director General of Security

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S4 E5: Morrison’s Multiple Ministries + Can A Guilty Plea and Conviction Be Set Aside By An Appeal Court

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S4 E4: The New Provision Of The NSW Bail Act + HCA Reaffirming The Separation of The Executive and Judiciary + DPP v Peckham: No Prosecutor? No Problem!

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S4 E3: Overturning Constitutionally Protected Access to Abortion in the United States

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S4 E2: The Wigs Featuring Professor Jeremy Gans

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S4 E1: The Wigs Live - Policing the Prosecutor, Prosecutorial Ethics For Criminal Lawyers

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S3 E10: Hamzy's Self-Represented Court Win + When Is A Worker An Employee? + The New Cartel Conduct Provisions

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S3 E9: Novak Djokovic v Minister for Home Affairs + Phil Boulten SC's Tribute to Ian Barker QC

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S3 E8: Julian Assange’s Fate + McNab v DPP + Are Women Justices Interrupted More?

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S3 E7: Should Academics Be Censured? / Challenging The NSW Vaccination Requirements / Requesting A Matter Be Heard By A Female Magistrate

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S3 E6: Human rights and Technology

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S3 E5 Voller: the High Court on liability for third party comments on social media

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S3 E4: Alison Battisson on AJL20 and Human Rights for All

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S3 E3: British Post Office Scandal + AJL20 and ACCC v Google

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S3 E2: Rawan Arraf on international justice in Australia

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S3 E1: Looking Into The NSW Health Orders

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S2 E15: When Is Consent Not Consent?

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S2 E14: The Wigs Live - When It’s A Crime To Conceal A Crime + The Christian Porter Affair

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S2 E13: When Police Officers Go Rogue: Independent Legal Profession Under Attack

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S2 E12: After Midnight: William Broome - The British Colonial Judge Who Stayed On In Independent India

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S2 E11: Social Media De-Platforming, The NSW Coercive Control Bill, ICC Jurisdiction Over Occupied Palestinian Territories

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S2 E10 EXTRA MATERIAL: Life Of A Medieval Lawyer

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S2 E9: Lawyer X Scandal + Insurance Policies During The Pandemic + NSW Drug Law Reform

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S2 E8: New Police Investigative Powers + A New Bill On Harm to Foetus During Criminal Offence + Habeas Corpus and Proved Refugees

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S2 E7: Geoffrey Robertson QC: The Crisis In Nagorno-Karabakh

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S2 E6: The Don Harwin affair and Australia’s “pre-crime” regime

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S2 E5: The Truth Hurts with Andrew Boe

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S2 E4: What Fairness Demands: The Role Of The Prosecutor Under The Microscope

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S2 E3: Bostock v Clayton County and A Tribute To William Ah Ket

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S2 E2: Dyson Heydon, harassment and what it means for the legal profession

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S2 E1: The Black Lives Matter Protest Case

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S1 Finale: Pell’s final fate, Smethurst warrant invalid and more

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S1 E10: Employment law In the time of Covid-19

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S1 E9: Are the NSW social distancing laws fatally flawed (and other aspects of the public health law response to Covid-19)

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S1 E8: Covid-19 Special (Courts, Gaols and Parliaments)

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S1 E7: Love v Commonwealth; Thoms v Commonwealth (Why Aboriginal people can’t be aliens), SMH journalist Michaela Whitbourn and an essay on Alfred Piddington.

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S1 E6: Military aid to the civil power, the secret Witness J prosecution and should the swastika be banned?

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S1 E5: Class actions, unlawful arrests and the battle between rappers OneFour and the NSW Police

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S1 E4: Julian Assange, facial recognition and a controversial plan in NSW for compulsory blood testing of certain suspects.

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S1 E3: Pill testing, prorogation and the age of criminal responsibility.

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S1 E2: Raids on journalists, the case of Israel Folau and the explosion in strip searches.

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S1 E1: George Pell, abortion decriminalisation and the explosion in deportations in Australia.

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