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The case of two Bangladeshi men seeking refugee status because they claim to be gay is to be reviewed, after courts couldn’t agree on whether they were gay. Melbourne-based freelance reporter David Donaldson reports.

Boosted by her Hollywood success, crusading legal eagle Erin Brockovich has attached her name to numerous firms, including Shine Lawyers in Australia. But does he know about Shine’s shady past, asks Neil Walker

Who has to pay the bill for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? And how much will they have to cough up? An environmental law expert explains the complexities of liability for environmental disasters.

Retired Justice Frank Vincent’s report on how DNA contamination led to the rape conviction of teenager Farah Jama ought to be compulsory reading for every cop, lawyer and judge in Australia.

Software engineer Pete Warden created a search engine for Facebook data. But Facebook did not “like” it. He explains what happens when the company takes you off its friends list

The Australian court case on Vioxx, pitched as a landmark judgement against its makers Merck, flashed past in a blur, writes Paul Smith.

The US tobacco industry has been secretly meeting with the Solicitor General in a desperate attempt to stay out of the Supreme Court over the landmark 10-year-old racketeering lawsuit that found the industry deliberately concealed the dangers of smoking, AP reveals.

The public is entitled to be informed of the way their interests are being represented overseas by “DFAT Cats” and their AFP cousins, writes Sydney barrister Roger de Robillard.

Convicted criminal Andrew Moore lived in Australia for 30 years before the government revoked his visa, and sent him back to England. Two days later, he was dead. Is the Australian Government culpable? Skeptic Lawyer investigates.

A constitutional amendment in Texas designed to ban gay marriages may have inadvertently banned all marriages in the state, according to a lawyer and Democratic attorney general candidate.

One.Tel executives Jodee Rich and Mark Silbermann may have escaped their legal battle with ASIC intact, but One.Tel was still a colossal failure, says Stephen Bartholomeusz.

The two men charged with bringing a boatload of Afghani asylum seekers into Australian waters appeared before the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory last week. Are these the people really “scum of the Earth”?

In light of today’s fraud conviction against the Church of Scientology in France, CSM looks back at the organisation’s long and abiding relationship with courts all over the globe.

A US lawyer is suing everyone who made anything that was part of the Air France Airbus flight that crashed into the mid Atlantic in June, reports Ben Sandilands.

Televising what happens in a courtroom is a brilliant idea for a range of reasons, but the case involving Dr Jayant Patel in Queensland is an unsuitable guinea pig.

The New South Wales government has allowed the GEO Group to take over Sydney’s Parklea prison, despite the company’s questionable history.

Both Israel and Palestine have been accused of committing war crimes in Gaza. But just what constitutes a “crime” in a state of war? And who makes up the rules?

Small groups suing corporate behemoths could benefit from a recent NSW court ruling, with capped fees and easier access.

Embattled Fox News host Glenn Beck has set his lawyers upon the creators of glennbeckrapedand murderedayounggirlin1990.com. It’s certainly a meme too far, but does he have a case for defamation?