Hospital silent on gender care policy after judge’s criticism
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne has refused to respond to a Family Court judge’s criticism of its care standards for children presenting with gender concerns.
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Judge lashes child gender-medicine experts
One of Australia’s foremost child gender medicine experts has been ruled to have misled the Family Court when giving evidence to support a mother who wished to prescribe her child puberty blockers.
Silk calls out Bar’s ‘bullying, pile-on’
An eminent silk has accused the Victorian barristers’ council of a ‘regrettable pile-on’ of a female member who had publicly criticised overuse of acknowledgment of country.
Prominent firm accused of shortchanging partner
A second legal action has been filed involving defamation firm BlackBay Lawyers, with a former salaried partner claiming the company mishandled a $25,000 advance.
‘Systemic cultural problem’: uni pays thousands to conservative student
Griffith University has been forced to pay $10,000 to a PhD student who had been critical of voice architect Megan Davis, after a professor shared the student’s personal information and described him as a ‘f..kwit’.
ODPP leaks not acceptable: Premier
Chris Minns says it would be ‘completely unacceptable’ for the state prosecution office to leak information about an underage Aboriginal defendant to a commercial radio station.
‘Miscarriage of justice’: Roberts-Smith requests retrial
The war veteran has filed an eleventh-hour bid in his defamation appeal against the Nine newspapers after journalist Nick McKenzie appeared to admit to unethical behaviour in a secret recording.
Barristers schooled on trans ideology
A guide for NSW barristers includes a glossary of alternative pronouns to male and female – such as ‘xe/xem/xyrs’ – and discourages barristers from using terms such as ‘transitioning’ or ‘transgendered’.
Did DPP know of leak? Staff won’t say
The office of NSW chief prosecutor Sally Dowling has refused to disclose whether she was aware confidential information was to be leaked to a radio station.
Slaters email suspect ‘knew firm security protocols’
The legal giant on Tuesday referred a former employee to Victoria Police who they believe was behind a ‘premeditated and carefully planned’ email attack on the firm.
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