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A bushfire starts on your property and spreads to your neighbours - are you liable for their losses?
02/06/2026 | 29 mins.
A court has found that a South Australian farmer was responsible for setting fire to a pile of vegetation that was left smouldering and reignited six months later, causing a devastating bushfire.
Trump's war on journalists: libel or lawfare?
26/05/2026 | 29 mins.
There's been a wave of defamation suits from within the Trump administration targeting the US news media. Is it legitimate litigation or lawfare?
America's Erin Patterson? The Kouri Richins poisoning case
19/05/2026 | 29 mins.
In a case that's transfixed the US, a woman who wrote a children's book about grief following her husband's death has been sentenced to life in prison for his murder.
Does EMDR therapy taint a witness's recollection?
12/05/2026 | 29 mins.
Imagine you are a victim of crime and need therapy to help deal with a traumatic memory. Would you go ahead if it meant that your case might not be prosecuted because the treatment could deem your evidence unreliable or inadmissible in court?
Does EMPR therapy taint a witness's recollection?
12/05/2026 | 29 mins.
Imagine you are a victim of crime and need therapy to help deal with a traumatic memory. Would you go ahead if it meant that your case might not be prosecuted because the treatment could deem your evidence unreliable or inadmissible in court?

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