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Retired Federal Court judge joins DLA Piper as senior advisor
Business of Law 2023-02-23 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Federal Court judge who stepped down from the bench in December is joining global law firm DLA Piper after just four months in retirement.

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Sunwater asks High Court to hear floods class action coverage spat
Class Actions 2023-02-21 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dam services provider Sunwater has asked the High Court to take its side in a dispute over insurance coverage for a $440 million class action settlement with victims of the 2010-2011 floods in Queensland.

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Why we should all be worried about the court’s new media access rules
Courts 2023-02-20 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Federal Court has dialled back a controversial rule change restricting public access to new cases, but the latest procedure is a laughable attempt to retreat from the attack on open justice and should make even litigants nervous.

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King & Wood Mallesons drops Ye in case against College Dropout Burgers
Intellectual Property 2023-02-20 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

Big Six firm King & Wood Mallesons has withdrawn its representation of US rapper Ye in his case against a small Melbourne restaurant after the artist reportedly failed to instruct his lawyers.

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ACCC accuses Swift Networks of fixing prices for internet at Rio Tinto mines
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-02-17 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Technology company Swift Networks has been taken to court for alleged bid rigging and price fixing in the tender process for IT and communications equipment supply to five Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals mining sites in WA’s Pilbara region.

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Two more class actions target Hyundai, Kia over ‘defective’ engines
Product Liability 2023-02-16 4:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hyundai and Kia have been hit with new class actions alleging the Korean car makers knew of engine issues in cars sold in Australia as far back as 2015.

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Saga of common fund orders ripe for return to High Court
Analysis 2023-02-15 10:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

The question of power to make a common fund order at the end of a class action was no longer a hypothetical one and it was time to send the issue to the Full Federal Court. That’s what the 7-Eleven class action judge was told 15 months ago but he failed to heed the advice, resulting in a court deeply divided and funders clamouring for reform.

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KPMG class action applicants might bring CFO question to a head
Class Actions 2023-02-14 4:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

The applicants in a shareholder class action against KPMG and former directors of defunct mining company CuDeco might press for clarity on the question of common fund orders in light of a ruling Tuesday morning that further split the Federal Court on the issue.

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‘Journalism under attack’: Nine to deploy public interest defence in surgeon’s defamation case
Defamation 2023-02-14 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Facing defamation claims by well-known surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis, Nine will call at least 27 witnesses and argue for the public interest of its coverage of allegations by patients of inadequate post-surgery care, a court has heard.

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Clive Palmer drops appeal of climate change decision blocking Queensland coalmine
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-02-13 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal has abandoned a challenge to a ruling that ended its plan for a coalmine in central Queensland on the grounds that the project would contribute to “foreseeable and preventable life terminating harm”.

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