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Crown Law overturned a criminal conviction for sexual abuse 10 years after the perpetrator was found guilty when the conviction exposed the Crown to legal liability in a civil case.

From Australia to Abu Dhabi, Nigeria to Nepal, Her Majesty toured the globe on behalf of the Crown

“Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth” has died. Given her advanced years, this has long been expected, yet it still seems incredible this woman who has been Australia’s queen for the duration of most Australians’…

A Victorian man accused of unintentionally killing his ex-partner's son in a tree-felling incident initially told police he thought he was "doing the right thing" when he chopped the tree down, a court hears.

The former Labor politician denies spinning a story to financially benefit the ex-union boss who says there was no deal for him to financially benefit from a lucrative coal exploration mining licence.

A court hears investigators and Crown lawyers ignored Chinese cultural factors when pursuing members of that community over alleged deceit involving political donations

The retrial of Ian Macdonald has been told the former NSW Labor minister cost the state millions by improperly granting an Upper Hunter mining licence.

Lawyers for the seven defendants in the SFO prosecution over political donations challenged the very basis of the charges faced by their clients

The Supreme Court hears evidence from the client of a sex worker charged over the 2020 death of Anthony Brady at a Cairns hotel, with the jury shown images of the scene in which his body was found.