Informer 3838
Labor folds on Lawyer X bill, supports $1 million damages cap over ban
The Victorian government had originally tried to ban people from pursuing civil claims connected to barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo but did not have the support.
- by Broede Carmody
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Police deny duty of care to protect Nicola Gobbo, in bid to avoid paying compensation
Victoria Police is claiming it’s not responsible for failing to protect Gobbo’s identity because she may have committed crimes while acting as a barrister-turned-informer.
- by Chris Vedelago and Cameron Houston
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Victoria Police conduct
Law firm’s database bungle left crucial Lawyer X documents lying hidden
A search blunder meant hundreds of documents about Victoria Police’s conduct in the Lawyer X scandal weren’t discovered until last year.
- by Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago
Nicola Gobbo and her civil trial await fate of Lawyer X compensation bill
The barrister turned informer is due to have her damages claim go to trial in September, but her lawyers want more time to consider the impact of the state government’s controversial bill.
- by Erin Pearson
Lawyer X compensation bill delayed amid fears it is a negotiating tactic
The Allan government has delayed its unprecedented bid to block compensation claims from the Lawyer X saga.
- by Broede Carmody, Kieran Rooney and Michael Bachelard
High Court threat over ‘outrageous’ move to block Lawyer X compensation
Legislation designed to protect the state government from payouts connected with barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo would derail several multimillion-dollar claims for damages.
- by Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago and Broede Carmody
The photo that has the Brethren flock all atwitter
The publication of a picture of the leader of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has generated feverish discussion about how it came to our reporter.
- by David Estcourt and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Questions are mounting about decisions by the DPP. Does it affect trust in the legal system?
Victoria’s legal profession has been left unsettled by the Director of Public Prosecutions’ complaint over the conduct of two senior judges.
- by Colleen Lewis
‘Ridiculous’ to suggest police deliberately avoided legal advice on informer Gobbo
A police handler of Nicola Gobbo has told a court police knew there was a real risk their use of a lawyer as a source would come under extreme scrutiny.
- by David Estcourt
Gobbo played double agent in risky underworld game with Mokbel
In the days before drug kingpin Tony Mokbel vanished mid-trial, fleeing to Greece, his lawyer Nicola Gobbo told police to keep a close eye on him – and at the same time secretly encouraged him to escape.
- by David Estcourt
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel says Gobbo told him to flee pending murder charges
For the first time in more than a decade, former drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has spoken in public, at a trial for his appeal after the Lawyer X scandal.
- by David Estcourt
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