Luke Stanistreet
@LukeStanistreet
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Barrister at @VictorianBar | Commercial litigation | @EssendonFC and @LawDons member
Melbourne, Australia
Joined August 2010
For the love of God, witnesses don’t “take the stand” in Australia. Here, it’s called the witness box. Can we please stop blindly adopting phrases from the US legal system? #auslaw
Bruce Lehrmann has for the first time under oath delivered his version of the night he allegedly raped Brittany Higgins, claiming he had been tasked with a political ploy to shore up support for defence projects in Western Australia. https://t.co/dNCKmJwBuF
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What do I call the Judge? There is an abundance of info online dealing with this. VSC: https://t.co/n7CLIpMDMF FCA: https://t.co/BMuIdaXd5e
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Media trials threaten our core beliefs on justice: https://t.co/e8MCPXfoUk
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Congratulations to St. Catherine's School. Champions of the Prince Philip Challenge Trophy #HRR22 #PrincePhilip
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THEY DID IT! In only the second year of the event, St Catherine's School has won the Prince Philip Challenge Trophy (Junior Women’s 8+) at Henley Royal Regatta. What an amazing achievement! 👏🏼 🟡🔵🟡🔵 #HRR22 Watch: https://t.co/4fqY8Mke0R
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There's nearly 70,000 people watching the court's live stream of the hearing.
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Morning! Who doesn't love spending a Sunday in the federal Court with Chief Justice James Allsop, Justice Anthony Besanko and Justice David O’Callaghan. #NovakDjokovic
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UPDATE: Novak Djokovic v Minister for Immigration. The hearing listed for 9:30am AEDT tomorrow, Sunday 16 Jan 2022 will be before the Full Court comprised of Chief Justice Allsop, Justice Besanko and Justice O’Callaghan. The hearing will be live streamed - https://t.co/7r473YsoHq
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UPDATE: Sunday’s hearing for Novak Djokovic will be heard by a full bench, comprised of Chief Justice James Allsop, Justice Anthony Besanko and Justice David O’Callaghan.
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The next round of the Djokovic saga, now in the Federal Court, kicks off at 10.15am this morning. #auslaw #auspol
Novak Djokovic v Minister for Immigration has been transferred from the @FCFCOA to the Federal Court of Australia. The hearing listed before Justice O’Callaghan at 10:15am AEDT tomorrow, Sat 15 Jan 2022, will be live streamed on our YouTube channel - https://t.co/7r473YrQRS
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Link to the Court’s orders quashing the Delegate’s decision to cancel @DjokerNole’s visa: https://t.co/EVGlNH8PKx
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#Breaking Judge Anthony Kelly has rule that Djokovic be released from immigration detention within in 30 minutes. He says the visa cancellation decision will be quashed and the government wil have to pay his costs.
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For the afternoon, we've got an official live stream from the court - conveniently made available through YouTube: https://t.co/7I3NP5Pssd
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For those asking, here is the link: https://t.co/uEaXeBt48v
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Link to Novak Djokovic’s submissions: https://t.co/wEH8rhMCdm
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PCR tests are costing Australia $85 per test. Yesterday we conducted 302,853 tests. Cost: $25,742,505 That’s 1 day. 25 million.
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Even with the latest amendments it’s still crap. VIC Bar statement:
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“A weaker junior bar will lead to a weaker senior bar. A weaker senior bar will one day lead to a weaker bench. This is one of the many reasons why Faculty opposes any suggestion that virtual hearings should become the default for anything other than procedural business.”
“Opportunities to learn by watching others, the very essence of an advocate’s ongoing professional development and training, are now significantly reduced,” Faculty: Virtual hearings hamper professional development of junior bar @scottishlegal
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Newly appointed President of the Victorian Bar, Róisín Annesley QC, says that the Victorian Government’s proposed amendments to the Pandemic Management Bill do not go far enough to protect the rule of law: https://t.co/YYb4WYBF2H
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