We got sued. Are regulators a thing in the law? | The West Report
How can Australia’s regulators, who aim to keep lawyers in check, do anything other than protection blackmail? The company behind this channel faces constant threats. Michael West reveals how far lawyers are willing to go to make money.
Make no mistake, given Australia’s draconian defamation laws and weak regulations for lawyers, any poster on social media is a target.
After a lawsuit was filed by a law firm with ties to government affairs, we reveal how the system allows lawyers’ conflicts of interest, threats and intimidation to go unpunished. Worse still, this is the legal profession, as the actions of the NSW Bar Association and the ACT Law Society show.
00:00 – Regulators Revealed
04:40 – Case
11:00 – Court and Expenses
17:50 – Threat
27:00 – No Responsibility
Michael West was founded Michael West Media Focusing on public interest journalism in 2016, particularly the growing power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor for Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and was even once a stockbroker.
