Case In Point

#11 - Exposing One of the Biggest Corporate Cover-Ups of All Time.

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", a real-life legal thriller.In this episode:How Meeran exposed the cover-upHow 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 officeIn a Rain of Dust: Death, Deceit, and the Lawyer Who Busted Big Asbestos by David KinleyGuest: Professor David Kinley, Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Sydney Law SchoolCase 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

#10 - The Legal Loophole Football Leagues Use to Dodge Player Injuries.

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 1970sHow a Carlton player briefly cracked that system open in the 2000s before it slammed shut again, andWhy 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 SchoolCase: Whitehead v Carlton Football Club Ltd [2005] VSC 257Further readingWhy sports stars get less support than other injured workers – and how we can fix it by Eric WindholzProfessional athletes and injury insurance: A better way forward by Eric WindholzCase 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

NEW SEASON - Sovereign Citizens, Space Junk, Press Freedom 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.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

#9 - This Company Banned Its Employees From Taking the Contraceptive Pill (And Won).

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 Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash UniversityCase: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014)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

#8 - Agatha Christie Anticipated This Case in One of Her Most Famous Novels.

This 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.Today we ask: is it legally possible to murder a dead body?Guest: Dr Natalia Antolak-Saper, criminal law scholar, Monash UniversityCase: R v Darrington [2016] VSC 60Further Reading: Man jailed for eight years for attempting to murder a corpse (The Age, 29 February 2026)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