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About Case In Point
Courtroom dramas told by the people who know them best. A MINIATURE PODCAST (https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/).
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- 16 Oct 2024
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- 25 May 2026
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18 episodes in the feed.
25 May 2026
#16 - Giggle v Tickle: The App With An Identity Crisis.
A social media app built exclusively for women uses facial recognition to screen its users. When a transgender woman is kicked off, she takes the company to federal court. In this episode, we unpack the case that's forcing Australia to answer a contentious question: who counts as a woman under the law? Case: Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd v Tickle [2026] FCAFC 64 (https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/full/2026/2026fcafc0064) Guest: Paula Gerber (https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/paula-gerber/), Professor of Law, Monash University Hosts: Melissa Castan, Professor of Law, Monash University James Pattison Further Reading: Sex, Gender & Identity: Trans Rights in Australia (https://publishing.monash.edu/product/sex-gender-and-identity/) by Paula Gerber (Monash University Publishing, 2025) Why the Giggle for Girls v Tickle judgement is good for trans rights and women’s rights (https://www.abc.net.au/religion/giggle-for-girls-v-tickle-judgement-good-trans-womens-rights/106694548) by Paula Gerber (ABC, May 2026) Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd (No 2) [2024] FCA 960 (https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2024/2024fca0960)
10 May 2026
#15 - Is This the End of the U.S. Free Press?
The award-winning journalist behind the podcast S-Town, Brian Reed, says a civil-rights era US Supreme Court decision that protects journalists is under threat. Brian tells the story of the landmark press freedom case of New York Times v. Sullivan (1964). What it made possible? And what happens to journalism in the US if it falls now? Guest: Brian Reed, host of Question Everything and S-Town Case: New York Times v. Sullivan (376 U.S. 254) (1964) (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_York_Times_v._Sullivan_(376_U.S._254)/Opinion_of_the_Court) Co-Hosts: Melissa Castan, Professor of Law, Monash University James Pattison Brian's podcasts: S-Town (https://open.spotify.com/show/1KPTM79Wn9vkWX0UoMYyrd) (Serial Productions / New York Times) The Trojan Horse Affair (https://open.spotify.com/show/2isrOkJ401yfYNVDEhtdey) (Serial Productions / New York Times) Question Everything (https://open.spotify.com/show/2sNXpacDEWehQlVUFIyvBJ) (Placement Theory)
27 Apr 2026
#14 - The Rise of Sovereign Citizens and Pseudo-Law.
You've probably seen sovereign citizen videos on social media. People reciting weird incantations to get out of traffic stops and court appearances, spouting words that sound like legalese but are actually nonsense. This stuff is darkly funny. But it's having real consequences for our legal system and for social cohesion. In Western Australia in 2022 a suburban Magistrate asked a simple question of a defendant: Are you this person? The interaction kicked off a legal drama that ended up in the Supreme Court. The decision could provide a solution to the growing problem of sovereign citizens and pseudolaw adherents. Case: KELLY v FIANDER [2023] WASC 187 (https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/wa/WASC/2023/187.html?context=1;query=kelly%20v%20fiander;mask_path=) Guest: Joe McIntyre (https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/joe.mcintyre), Associate Professor of Law, Adelaide University Hosts: Melissa Castan, Professor of Law, Monash University James Pattison Further Reading: The Strawman Trap: Non-Appearance and the Pitfalls of Pseudolaw, Joe Mcintyre, Harry Hobbs, Stephen Young (2025) 99 ALJ 319 🎙️ Case In Point is produced by MINIATURE (https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/). Start your expert-led podcast today 👉 www.miniaturecreative.com.au (https://open.acast.com/networks/69e74bfe738b0d0aa59e6cf4/shows/69e74e7c07ecece42a32f22c/www.miniaturecreative.com.au)
13 Apr 2026
#13 - Space: The Next Frontier for Court Cases.
With Artemis II safely back on Earth, we turn our eyes to the skies above. What is the Moon Agreement? Did Sandra Bullock breach the law in the movie 'Gravity'? Who is legally responsible when someone is injured by a falling satellite? Guest: Professor Melissa de Zwart, Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources, University of Adelaide. Hosts: Professor Melissa Castan, Monash University & James Pattison. Case In Point is produced by Miniature. 🎙️ MINIATURE (https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/) is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook (https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook)
29 Mar 2026
#12 - What Happens When a Stateless Person is Also a Serious Offender?
In 2023, the High Court told the Australian government it couldn't lock people up forever in immigration detention. This was a constitutional bombshell that led to political panic, and the fallout is ongoing. Guest: Professor Luke Beck, Monash University. Cases NZYQ v. Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor [2023] HCA 37 (https://www.hcourt.gov.au/cases-and-judgments/cases/decided/case-s282023) Al-Kateb v Godwin [2004] HCA 37 (https://www.hcourt.gov.au/cases-and-judgments/judgments/judgments-1998-current/al-kateb-v-godwin) YBFZ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 40 (https://www.hcourt.gov.au/cases-and-judgments/judgments/judgments-1998-current/ybfz-v-minister-immigration-citizenship-and-multicultural-affairs) EGH19 v Commonwealth of Australia [2026] HCA 7 (https://www.hcourt.gov.au/cases-and-judgments/judgments/judgments-1998-current/egh19-v-commonwealth-australia) Update: Australia’s high court orders ankle bracelets be removed and curfews end for 43 former immigration detainees (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/18/high-court-orders-ankle-bracelets-be-removed-and-curfews-to-end-for-43-former-immigration-detainees-ntwnfb) Case In Point is produced by Miniature. 🎙️ MINIATURE is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉 https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook (https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook)
15 Mar 2026
#11 - Exposing One of the Biggest Corporate Cover-Ups of All Time.
🎙️ MINIATURE (https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/) is a premium podcast strategy & production studio serving expert-led brands & organisations. Get your free step-by-step guide to how we made a university podcast that reached 200K+ listeners 👉https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook (https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/podcast-guidebook) When English lawyer Richard Meeran uncovered mining company Cape PLC's internal documents in the 1990s, he found damning evidence of one of the biggest international corporate cover-ups in history. His friend, lawyer David Kinley, tells the story in "In a Rain of Dust" (https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23079/rain-dust?srsltid=AfmBOoqaNOM0O4-l4yPaDCDEZhByWSFvRBDIwnBNN1bLqmOohxLv091y), a real-life legal thriller. In this episode: How Meeran exposed the cover-up How Cape PLC was prepared to fight dirty to keep it all suppressed, including targeting Meeran. The surreal story of finding smoking-gun documents in an abandoned mining office In a Rain of Dust: Death, Deceit, and the Lawyer Who Busted Big Asbestos (https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23079/rain-dust?srsltid=AfmBOoqaNOM0O4-l4yPaDCDEZhByWSFvRBDIwnBNN1bLqmOohxLv091y) by David Kinley Guest: Professor David Kinley (https://profiles.sydney.edu.au/david.kinley), Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Sydney Law School Case In Point is produced by Miniature. https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/ (https://www.miniaturecreative.com.au/)
2 Mar 2026
How football leagues dodge injury claims
Every week, professional athletes break their bodies for our entertainment. So it will come as a huge shock to sports fans how poorly the law protects our sporting heroes. In this episode: How our sporting codes lobbied to carve athletes out of injury protection in the 1970s How a Carlton player briefly cracked that system open in the 2000s before it slammed shut again, and Why the concussion crisis gripping the AFL and NRL is forcing a reckoning today. If you're paid to play, and paid to get hurt, why aren't you protected when the damage is done? Guest: Associate Professor Eric Windholz, Monash University Law School Case: Whitehead v Carlton Football Club Ltd [2005] VSC 257 Further reading Why sports stars get less support than other injured workers – and how we can fix it (https://lens.monash.edu/why-sports-stars-get-less-support-than-other-injured-workers-and-how-we-can-fix-it/)by Eric Windholz Professional athletes and injury insurance: A better way forward (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1037969X251337131) by Eric Windholz
2 Mar 2026
NEW SEASON - Sovereign citizens, space junk falling from the skies, free speech under attack!
Who is to blame when one of Elon or Jeff's suspiciously shaped rockets crashes to Earth from space? What is pseudo-law, and where did all these goddam sovereign citizens come from? Why was the government forced to release over 100 serious criminals into the community? These cases and plenty more coming in this new (and 99.9% improved™) season of Case In Point.
1 Apr 2025
Do corporations have beliefs?
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 dealt a major blow to the rights of employees to access reproductive healthcare. But there's more to this case than meets the eye. Has the Hobby Lobby case rewritten the rules about what a corporation actually is? Guest: Associate Professor Steve Kourabas, Deputy Director, Centre for Comme...
18 Mar 2025
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: Dr Natalia Antolak-Saper, criminal law scholar, Monash University Case: R v Darrington [2016] VSC 60 Further Reading: Man jailed for eight years for attempting to murder a corpse (The Age, 29 February 2026) * * * * * * 🎙️ Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts...
4 Mar 2025
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 for a banned performance enhancing drug. The ensuing legal battle, including the penalties awarded against Jack, has exposed the challenges athletes face under current global anti-doping rules. Guests: Paul Horvath, Principal at SportsLawyer. Lawyer for Shayna...
18 Feb 2025
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 Kingdom — one that involves international courts, the shadow of the Cold War, and a powerful U.S. military base. This legal battle continues to the present day, and at its heart is a devastating human story of a paradise lost. Show Notes Guest: Professor...
10 Dec 2024
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 witnessed by thousands in the heart of the city. Were they criminals, or resistance fighters opposing colonial invasion? This is the untold story of rebellion, violence, and injustice that shaped the early days of Melbourne — and it’s a story that most Aus...
26 Nov 2024
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 Guest: Dr Marc Trabsky, Associate Professor of Law, La Trobe University Case: Doodeward v Spence [1908] HCA 45; (1908) 6 CLR 406 (31 July 1908) www.lifedeathandlaw.com Thinking of making a podcast? You need Miniature Creative, the producer of Case In Point. Podcasts aren...
12 Nov 2024
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 Dreyfus is Attorney-General of Australia. Mark represented Australia in the culmination of a 40-year diplomatic stoush between Australia and Japan which went all the way to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Case: Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Jap...
29 Oct 2024
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 legal disputes around the world are among the most stark and alarming of our time. Show Notes Guest: Professor Jeannie Paterson, University of Melbourne (Co-Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics) Update: Since recording, the Office of the Australian Informat...
16 Oct 2024
USA v David Hicks: Dan Mori
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 States Marine Corps lawyer named Dan Mori. He's about to be thrust onto the world stage in a fight against his own country's military and political establishment. (Update: The US government has revoked a plea deal with the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Moh...
16 Oct 2024
COMING SOON - Grave robbers! AI law enforcement!
Grave robbers, AI law enforcement, international diplomatic beefs! Introducing Case In Point, the stories behind some of the most amazing court cases you need to know about. Each episode a special guest picks a weird and wonderful court case with an epic backstory. Hosted by Melissa Castan (Professor of Law at Monash University) and James Pattison (the guy who's not a Professor of Law at Monash University).
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