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With customary wit the top judge of NSW has sent off Justice Robert Beech-Jones to take his seat on the High Court, observing the value of his colleague's criminal law experience and the lamentable drop in that bench's "sartorial standards" with his elevation.
Government should shift away from using large professional services firms for advisory work and retain barristers to help avoid conflicts, increase accountability and ensure value for money, the Victorian Bar has told an inquiry.
The Federal Court erred in finding a judge did not have judicial immunity from liability for damages suffered by a Queensland man found to have been wrongfully imprisoned for contempt, an appeals court has been told.
A trial in a class action against Western Australia on behalf of First Nations workers seeking to recover stolen wages has been pushed off, suggesting the parties are close to a settlement.
The Commissioner of Taxation is pursuing a former Big Four partner for allegedly promoting tax exploitation schemes for clients. But a fight has broken out in court over whether his identity -- and the name of the accounting firm -- should be suppressed.
A self-represented applicant is challenging the permanent stay of his competition class action against Google and Meta over the digital companies' decision to ban cryptocurrency ads.
The Full Federal Court's finding that the High Court did not extinguish the power of judges to make common fund orders on approval of class action settlements is the latest milestone in the evolution of Australian class action jurisprudence, experts say.
With bated breath class action litigators and funders have waited for this day, when the Full Federal Court decides the question of power to make common fund orders at settlement. They aren't the final arbiters, but the judges' ruling may be no less important for that.
Johnson Winter Slattery has lured to the firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth's intellectual property litigator Chrystal Dare, who led the historical copyright case over the rights to the Aboriginal flag.
Two former Dick Smith executives have settled with the receivers of the defunct electronics retailer, dropping a High Court appeal over an $11.8 million ruling.