by Chris Merritt | Apr 19, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article, Model Litigant
In November last year, Paul Brereton explained how his National Anti-Corruption Commission decides which matters to pursue. Given what has come to light about the Albanese government’s $2.4m settlement with Brittany Higgins, those remarks by the NACC commissioner...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 19, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, Model Litigant
Last November, when Mark Dreyfus unveiled his plan to protect some losing parties in civil litigation from adverse costs orders, he said it was all about addressing “power disparities”. What a pity the Attorney-General’s concern about the imbalance in financial power...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 15, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, Media Article, Model Litigant
As the year draws to a close and we take stock of all we have done and all we have left undone, our assessments – both positive and negative – will inevitably be based on personal guiding principles.Without such a framework we are lost, incapable of telling the...
