@DominicVillaSC
Joined October 2019
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Dominic Villa SC retweeted
Lawyer Issues@LawyerIssuesOct 20
A lawyer seeing an attachment named “IMG_9042” already knows the key evidence is probably blurry and sideways.
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Missed this important historic abuse case...VSC holds Holy See is a "state" and the Pope a "head of state" under the Foreign State Immunities Act and the common law, and therefore immune from the jurisdiction of the Court classic.austlii.edu.au/au/ca…
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Dominic Villa SC retweeted
Anna Bower
@AnnaBowerOct 5
I got really annoyed that so many stories about the "Cornell 7" case don't link to the underlying court documents. So I compiled the key filings from Jane Doe's civil suit and from a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them here: annabower.substack.com/p/rea…
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Today's NSW Silks list inbrief.nswbar.asn.au/posts/…
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caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/…
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First to last. How time flies!!!
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Vale by Leeming J on the passing of WCM Gummow inbrief.nswbar.asn.au/posts/…
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Vale Gummow J, a frequent collaborator with Gaudron J, and one of the leading advocates of the importance of statutory context in applying common law principles
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Dominic Villa SC retweeted
The Age
@theageSep 13
Australia’s first female High Court judge dies at 83 theage.com.au/national/austr…

Australia’s first female High Court judge dies at 83

Justice Mary Gaudron was also Australia’s youngest-ever federal judge and a deciding voice on the landmark Mabo case.

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High Court is getting slower and slower to release hearing transcripts...nothing up for any of the cases so far this week... White Australia Party and Cullen are significant constitutional cases...@HighCourtofAus needs to be more accessible.
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Giggle for Girls v Tickle - Special Leave Refused "There is no reason to doubt the Full Court's construction of s 7D(1) and (2) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)."
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Replying to @juliettemm
@juliettemm
Ramin Nasibov
@RaminNasibovSep 7
Hair clips are all the same
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You are basically twins
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Dominic Villa SC retweeted
Jamie Bonkiewicz
@JamieBonkiewiczSep 4
Just a reminder of how stunning and elegant the Rose Garden once was.
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"Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life"
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Fagan J reasons in Farhat, dismissing application for extended supervision order pursuant to the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW) caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/…
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Paul Sherman
@PaulMShermanAug 15
Now that’s a lede.
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What could possibly go wrong
The New York Times
@nytimesAug 6
Breaking News: Scientists have used A.I. to create new viruses for the first time, raising hopes for medical advances while also raising the possibility that the technology could someday be used to invent dangerous pathogens. nyti.ms/4bxx7Wy

This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature

Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.

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Is this the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end of this saga? smh.com.au/national/nsw/case…

Case ‘closed’: A-G rejects criticism of DPP after advice from top silk

Attorney-General Michael Daley has been a staunch backer of Sally Dowling, SC, after a controversial inquiry made damning findings against her.

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Nothing is more conducive of conflict that two silks editing a shared Word document via OneDrive
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