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Gobbo seeking non-Victorian judge for police lawsuit

Lawyers for police informant Nicola Gobbo will make an application to recuse all Victorian judges from presiding over her case against Victoria Police.

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Lawyer X compensation payouts capped at $1 million

The Victorian government has passed a bill limiting the amount of compensation awarded to individual Victorians embroiled in the Lawyer X scandal to $1 million.

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Gobbo could be prejudiced due to govt bill: lawyer

Lawyers for police informant Nicola Gobbo say public attention around a new government bill could be prejudicial for his client in her case against the state.

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Push to stop Lawyer X compensation claims hits skids

A bill stopping compensation claims over the use of lawyers as police informants at the height of Melbourne's gangland war could be doomed to fail.

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Push to 'rush' through Lawyer X bill faces opposition

Victoria's opposition won't support a bill that would stop compensation claims over the use of police informants the government is trying to "rush" through.

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Victorian government accused of undermining rule of law in bid to avoid Lawyer X scandal payouts

Lawyers express concern over Labor’s proposed reforms to prevent ‘specified human sources’ suing government or police

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Push to ban gangland compo claims startles top lawyers

Top lawyers fear a push to ban compensation claims over the use of lawyers as police informants is dangerous, but the government says rights are not at risk.

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Informant Gobbo was 'rogue, out of control': police

A former police handler has given evidence to the Victorian Supreme Court as drug kingpin Tony Mokbel fights to appeal his convictions.

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Police 'didn't do anything wrong' with informant Gobbo

A former police handler has given evidence to the Victorian Supreme Court as drug kingpin Tony Mokbel fights to appeal his convictions.

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Mokbel denies exaggerating his connection to Gobbo

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has completed his third day of evidence in the Victorian Supreme Court as he tries to fight drug-trafficking convictions.

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Gangland figure warned Mokbel about informant Gobbo

A notorious gangland figure warned drug kingpin Tony Mokbel about barrister-turned-informant Nicola Gobbo once he was extradited back to Australia.

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Mokbel claims Gobbo encouraged him to flee to Greece

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has given evidence in the Victorian Supreme Court as he tries to fight his drug trafficking convictions.

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Tomato tin ecstasy importer denied Lawyer X appeal

Drug importer Rob Karam, serving 35 years' jail including for the import of 15 million ecstasy pills, has been denied an appeal linked to Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo.

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Drug trafficker denied bail over 'leisurely' appeal bid

A drug trafficker fighting his conviction for a 4.4 tonne ecstasy import involving Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo has been denied bail over his "leisurely" appeal bid.

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Judge questions 'spiralling' delays in Lawyer X appeals

A Court of Appeal justice has questioned why a series of appeals linked to barrister turned informer Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo seem to be "spiralling the drain".

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Lawyer X victim sues for damages over police misconduct

Zlate Cvetanovski, whose drug conviction was overturned because of Victoria Police's use of barrister Nicola Gobbo as an informer, is suing for damages.

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Calls for special investigator as Lawyer X sues cops

Barrister Nicola Gobbo is suing Victoria Police, claiming officers were negligent and put her safety at risk.

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Investigation into 'reprehensible' failure of police ends quietly with no charges – why we must learn from the Lawyer X scandal

For over 15 years, the Victoria police used criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo as an informant against her own clients in what has become known as the Lawyer X scandal.

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Lawyer X scandal: special investigator’s office closes with chances of prosecution ‘effectively nil’

Head of OSI argued any further work would be a ‘waste of time’ but Victorian attorney general says decision to lay charges rests with the DPP

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No charges over Lawyer X as investigator's office shut

Disgraced barrister Nicola Gobbo and the police who used her as an informant will not face criminal charges as a special investigator's office is scrapped.

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Should Victoria’s DPP have laid charges over Lawyer X scandal?

Even if the state’s top prosecutor thinks evidence may not be optimal for conviction, she would have a duty to hand this to a jury

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Prosecution chief responds to Lawyer X charges spat

Victoria's public prosecutions boss has responded in the public spat with a special investigator over whether charges should be laid in the Lawyer X scandal.

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Resignation threat as charges unlikely over Lawyer X

An investigator threatened to quit over a "waste of time" probe with charges unlikely over use of barrister Nicola Gobbo as a police source.

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Lawyer X special investigator wants own office abolished over DPP’s refusal to lay charges

Geoffrey Nettle says Victoria’s director of public prosecutions rejected his call for several key figures to face criminal action

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'Waste of time': Lawyer X investigator's threat to quit

A special investigator says Victorian prosecutors have repeatedly shut down suggestions that criminal charges should be laid over the Nicola Gobbo affair.

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