CASE: Re Legal Practitioners Admissions Board and Sousa [2025] QSC 56

In 2023 Chanel Sousa had completed her law degree and was ready to become a lawyer. She applied to the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board to be admitted to the Roll of Legal Practitioners, to be able to practice law in Queensland.

Her application immediately hit a wall - Benjamin Millmann submitted an objection to Chanel’s admission.

The reasons behind his objection were odd to say the least and related to Millmann's past dealings with Chanel's domestic partner Senior Constable Seth Gilson.

Millmann had some unpleasant run-ins with law enforcement in the past and most recently with SC Gilson.

Millman turned the tables and HE investigated SC Gilson, in a manner which SC Gilson alleged was stalking.

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CASE: Rada v Smith [2024] NSWSC 273

“In the legal folklore which surrounded will making in Victorian England, the archetype of the spiteful father was one who disinherited his only child and left everything to the Battersea Dogs Home. That, almost literally, is what the plaintiff says her late father has done to her, albeit in Australia.” (Justice Kunc)

In this case the estranged daughter Rebecca moved with her mother to Canada when she was only 3 years old. Her father Igor stayed in Australia and they had limited contact throughout Rebecca's life.

When Igor died in 2022, he made no provision for his daughter in his Will.

Rebecca applied to the Court seeking provision from her late father's estate.

Many would describe Rebecca as Igor's long-estranged daughter and consider the estrangement as a relevant factor when determining whether Rebecca was entitle to any of her father's estate.

Justice Kunc warned that the use of the word "estranged" was problematic as it often associated with wrong-doing, condemnation, disgrace, or shameful behaviour.

CASE: Jamil v Medical Board of Australia [2024] SASC 90; Medical Board of Australia v Jamil [2023] SACAT 45.

In 2020 Dr Shamyal Hamoon Jamil was working as a registered medical intern at an Adelaide Hospital.

At the same hospital, university medical students would under work placements.

Jamil was charged with inappropriate sexual conduct in relation to two of the medical students, referred to in the judgment as AB and CD.

This case includes reviewing some of the messages exchanged, secret messages and deleted messages, nude photos, and faked messages.

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