Ellie Dudley

Ellie DudleyLegal Affairs Correspondent

Ellie Dudley is the legal affairs correspondent at The Australian covering courts, crime, and changes to the legal industry. She was previously a reporter on the NSW desk and, before that, one of the newspaper’s cadets.

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‘SHOCKING CONDUCT’Media

Heston Russell’s ‘please explain’ for ABC chair

The former commando has requested Kim Williams meet with him in the wake of allegations the ABC published doctored online audio in a news report about Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.

ExclusivePolitics

BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - BRISBANE , JUNE 24 2024: Generic photo of the scales of justice stature outside Brisbane Supreme Court in the Brisbane CBD. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Sex offender stays ‘in best interests of kids’

A sex offender who breached his bail by trying to convince his teenage victim not to give evidence against him has been allowed to remain in Australia under Labor’s Direction 110.

Ipso factoLegal Affairs

Scales of justice and Gavel on wooden table and Lawyer or Judge working with agreement in Courtroom, Justice and Law concept.

An argument for Aboriginal defendants being heard by Aboriginal jurors

Why Aboriginal defendants should be heard before mixed jury; a new partner at Herbert Smith Freehills; and a besieged NSW magistrate quietly resigns.

‘a major relief’Nation

Greenwich blasts Latham ‘Trump-style’ attack amid court win

Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has been awarded $140,000 after the Federal Court found Mark Latham defamed him when posting a homophobic tweet last year.

ExclusiveNation

Judge gavel and scale in court. Library with lot of books in background

All-white juries ‘a failure of justice’

Aboriginal defendants forced to appear before all-white juries are hindered by a criminal justice system that fails to properly represent them, a former Supreme Court justice says.

InquirerInquirer

For whom the bot trolls – a social media challenge

Our lives are controlled by social media algorithms that prioritise harmful content and can be easily manipulated. But is big tech finally going to be held accountable?

’immediately removed’Nation

Knox Grammar school teacher and former student William Gulson, who has been charged with grooming a child online.

Elite Sydney private school teacher charged with child grooming

An English teacher and former student of Knox Grammar School has been charged with one count of ‘procuring or grooming a child under 16 for unlawful sexual activity’.

APPEAL HEARINGNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Newswire Photos : APRIL 15 2024: Bruce Lehrmann leaves Federal Court in Sydney after Justice Michael Lee hands down his judgment following a bruising defamation trial between Bruce Lehrmann and Network 10 over Brittany Higginsâ rape allegation. Trial. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Lehrmann in fresh spat with former lawyers

Bruce Lehrmann claims his lawyers were ‘not entitled’ to pay Network 10 more than $100,000 from a trust account holding his settlements with other media organisations.

NSWLegal Affairs

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - SEPTEMBER 04 2024; Sally Dowling SC, the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions during the NSW Budget Estimates at Parliament House in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Fifteen rape cases discontinued during DPP’s audit

The cases, which were committed to trial, have been discontinued as part of the audit launched by chief prosecutor Sally Dowling after five judges criticised her office for prosecuting meritless rape cases.

ExclusiveLegal Affairs

Firms quizzed as part of The Australian’s Legal Partnerships survey said they did not track office attendance, but rather allowed workers to manage the split between office and home time.

Law firms oppose back-to-the-office push

Australian law firms firmly oppose mandatory full-time office policies, with many saying they ‘trust’ their employees to manage work responsibly.

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