Dr Paul McGorrery
@paulmcgorrery.bsky.social
Criminal law researcher, especially interested in criminalisation and sentencing. Soft spot for dogs, puns, coffee and sci-fi/fantasy books.
“There comes a time in the life of a statutory provision when a particular construction becomes so well settled and for such a long time, that the contrary construction becomes unarguable, however attractive it might have been”
[2024] UKSC 42 (11 Dec)
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[2024] UKSC 42 (11 Dec)
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December 14, 2024 at 4:37 AM
“There comes a time in the life of a statutory provision when a particular construction becomes so well settled and for such a long time, that the contrary construction becomes unarguable, however attractive it might have been”
[2024] UKSC 42 (11 Dec)
supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
[2024] UKSC 42 (11 Dec)
supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
Digital Dignity: The Shibboleth of Digitalization in Europe?
Cemre C.Kadioglu Kumtepe and Stephen Riley
Cemre C.Kadioglu Kumtepe and Stephen Riley
November 28, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Digital Dignity: The Shibboleth of Digitalization in Europe?
Cemre C.Kadioglu Kumtepe and Stephen Riley
Cemre C.Kadioglu Kumtepe and Stephen Riley
Free Speech and the Case for Regulating Online Reviews of Professional Services in the United States
Richard L Pate and Claudio Schapsis
Richard L Pate and Claudio Schapsis
November 28, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Free Speech and the Case for Regulating Online Reviews of Professional Services in the United States
Richard L Pate and Claudio Schapsis
Richard L Pate and Claudio Schapsis
Generative AI, Copyright and Emancipation: The Case of Digital Art
Célia F Matias
Célia F Matias
November 28, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Generative AI, Copyright and Emancipation: The Case of Digital Art
Célia F Matias
Célia F Matias
Case Law as Data: Prompt Engineering Strategies for Case Outcome Extraction with Large Language Models in a Zero-Shot Setting
Guillaume Zambrano
Guillaume Zambrano
November 28, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Case Law as Data: Prompt Engineering Strategies for Case Outcome Extraction with Large Language Models in a Zero-Shot Setting
Guillaume Zambrano
Guillaume Zambrano
Integrating Generative AI into Legal Education: From Casebooks to Code, Opportunities and Challenges
Aswathy Prakash and Vishnu Nair
Aswathy Prakash and Vishnu Nair
November 28, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Integrating Generative AI into Legal Education: From Casebooks to Code, Opportunities and Challenges
Aswathy Prakash and Vishnu Nair
Aswathy Prakash and Vishnu Nair
Taking Law Seriously: The Challenges of Law as Research Data in Socio-legal Scholarship
@ucddublin.bsky.social’s Audrey Plan
@ucddublin.bsky.social’s Audrey Plan
November 28, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Taking Law Seriously: The Challenges of Law as Research Data in Socio-legal Scholarship
@ucddublin.bsky.social’s Audrey Plan
@ucddublin.bsky.social’s Audrey Plan
The Human in the Feedback Loop: Predictive Analytics in Refugee Status Determination
University of Wollongong’s Niamh Kinchin
University of Wollongong’s Niamh Kinchin
November 28, 2024 at 1:47 AM
The Human in the Feedback Loop: Predictive Analytics in Refugee Status Determination
University of Wollongong’s Niamh Kinchin
University of Wollongong’s Niamh Kinchin
Using Generative AI to Identify Arguments in Judges’ Reasons: Accuracy and Benefits for Students
@monashuniversity.bsky.social’s Paul Burgess, Iwan Williams,and Lizhen Quand Weiqing Wang
@monashuniversity.bsky.social’s Paul Burgess, Iwan Williams,and Lizhen Quand Weiqing Wang
November 28, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Using Generative AI to Identify Arguments in Judges’ Reasons: Accuracy and Benefits for Students
@monashuniversity.bsky.social’s Paul Burgess, Iwan Williams,and Lizhen Quand Weiqing Wang
@monashuniversity.bsky.social’s Paul Burgess, Iwan Williams,and Lizhen Quand Weiqing Wang
Interesting new issue of the (open-access) journal @LawTechHum, on “the latest developments in data-driven approaches to law, and its impact on legal practice, education and systems.”
Edited by Rónán Kennedy and Brian Barry
lthj.qut.edu.au/issue/view/140
🧵 of article abstracts below
Edited by Rónán Kennedy and Brian Barry
lthj.qut.edu.au/issue/view/140
🧵 of article abstracts below
November 28, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Interesting new issue of the (open-access) journal @LawTechHum, on “the latest developments in data-driven approaches to law, and its impact on legal practice, education and systems.”
Edited by Rónán Kennedy and Brian Barry
lthj.qut.edu.au/issue/view/140
🧵 of article abstracts below
Edited by Rónán Kennedy and Brian Barry
lthj.qut.edu.au/issue/view/140
🧵 of article abstracts below
WA Court of Appeal notes that the requirement for sentencing courts to specify the discount for assisting authorities only applies to “future” assistance, so courts can’t apply one discount for *both* past and present assistance.
GRL v WA [2024] WASCA 146: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
GRL v WA [2024] WASCA 146: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 27, 2024 at 10:33 PM
WA Court of Appeal notes that the requirement for sentencing courts to specify the discount for assisting authorities only applies to “future” assistance, so courts can’t apply one discount for *both* past and present assistance.
GRL v WA [2024] WASCA 146: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
GRL v WA [2024] WASCA 146: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
The QLD Law Reform Commission has today published a background paper for its review of QLD’s strangulation offence. Consultation paper due mid-2025.
www.qlrc.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...
www.qlrc.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...
November 27, 2024 at 3:49 AM
The QLD Law Reform Commission has today published a background paper for its review of QLD’s strangulation offence. Consultation paper due mid-2025.
www.qlrc.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...
www.qlrc.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...
“Doing Time for Men’s Crimes: How Male Violence is Driving Record Numbers of Women into Australia’s Prisons” | new @TheJusticeMap report released today
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November 26, 2024 at 10:39 PM
“Doing Time for Men’s Crimes: How Male Violence is Driving Record Numbers of Women into Australia’s Prisons” | new @TheJusticeMap report released today
justicemap.org.au/wp-content/u...
justicemap.org.au/wp-content/u...
Legal profession (professional misconduct)
Khosa v Legal Services and Complaints Committee [2024] WASCA 148: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Khosa v Legal Services and Complaints Committee [2024] WASCA 148: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Legal profession (professional misconduct)
Khosa v Legal Services and Complaints Committee [2024] WASCA 148: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Khosa v Legal Services and Complaints Committee [2024] WASCA 148: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Sentence appeal (manifest excess, standard sentence)
Kwag v The King [2024] VSCA 279: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Kwag v The King [2024] VSCA 279: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Sentence appeal (manifest excess, standard sentence)
Kwag v The King [2024] VSCA 279: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Kwag v The King [2024] VSCA 279: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Suppression orders (open justice)
Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner v Belperio (No 2) [2024] SASCA 133: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner v Belperio (No 2) [2024] SASCA 133: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Suppression orders (open justice)
Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner v Belperio (No 2) [2024] SASCA 133: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner v Belperio (No 2) [2024] SASCA 133: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 5:52 AM
November 23, 2024 at 5:50 AM
November 23, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Sentence appeal (self-rep)
Getawan v Queensland Police Service [2024] QCA 234: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Getawan v Queensland Police Service [2024] QCA 234: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Sentence appeal (self-rep)
Getawan v Queensland Police Service [2024] QCA 234: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Getawan v Queensland Police Service [2024] QCA 234: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Conviction appeal (jury directions, right to silence)
Hampton v The Queen [2022] NTCCA 7: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Hampton v The Queen [2022] NTCCA 7: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Conviction appeal (jury directions, right to silence)
Hampton v The Queen [2022] NTCCA 7: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Hampton v The Queen [2022] NTCCA 7: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Conviction appeal (extension of time to appeal)
Kwu v R [2024] NSWCCA 199: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Kwu v R [2024] NSWCCA 199: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Conviction appeal (extension of time to appeal)
Kwu v R [2024] NSWCCA 199: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
Kwu v R [2024] NSWCCA 199: www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...
November 23, 2024 at 5:35 AM