Case In Point

When the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a company called Hobby Lobby in 2014, it was hailed by conservatives as a win for the religious freedom of business owners.

Critics of the decision said it…

Today’s case has been described as one of the most bizarre cases in recent Australian legal history, with a climax mirroring one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels.

Guest: Dr Natalia Antolak-Sape…

What happens when an athlete is punished for doping, but the athlete has no idea how the drugs entered their system?

In 2019 the Australian swimming world was rocked by news that champion swimmer Shay…

Our case today takes us to the Indian Ocean, to a remote and breathtaking group of islands at the centre of a high-stakes legal battle. 

The Chagos Archipelago is the focus of a decades-long dispute b…

It’s 1839, and Melbourne is a fledgling frontier, rife with tension between British invaders and First Australians.

The arrival of two Palawa men, Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener, sparks a chain of…

Can you own a dead body?

A strange story from 1868 holds the key to ownership of the human body and body parts.

This curious court case continues to impact us in the 21st century... and beyond.

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Would you take a friend to court to settle a dispute? Awkward?

This is what Australia did with Japan, a key friend and ally, in 2014 over Japan's refusal to stop killing whales in the Southern Ocean.…

In 2017 a little-known Australian technologist develops a revolutionary form of facial recognition technology. 

Clearview AI is being used by law enforcement agencies to hunt down criminals. But is th…

It's 2003. An Australian man is captured by US forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on terrorism charges.

The prisoner's defence lawyer is a United …