
Case In Point
The backstory to amazing court cases you need to know about. Lawyers and legal scholars become storytellers and give you the inside scoop on what makes these cases so extraordinary.
Episodes
9 episodes
Is it a crime to attempt to murder a corpse?
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:
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30:10

Doping in Sport: The Shayna Jack case
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 Shayna Jack had returned a positive test f...
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39:55

Exile & Empire in Paradise: The UK's Chagos scandal
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 between Mauritius and the United K...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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49:15

Frontier Justice: An execution in Melbourne CBD
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 events leading to a brutal execution...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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37:04

Grave-robbers, mummies, cyborgs!
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. Show Notes
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Episode 4
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42:08

Australia v Japan: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus
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. Special guest Mark Dreyfu...
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Episode 3
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35:50

Face Off: Clearview AI v The World
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 there a catch?A series of ...
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Episode 2
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