The lead applicant in a class action challenging Victoria Police’s use of capsicum spray during a protest over the International Mining and Resources Conference in 2019 has been awarded $54,000 in damages.
A barrister who is suing solicitor Rebekah Giles over fees for work on a defamation case against Nine has been partially successful in her bid to strike out sections of Giles’ defence.
A leading public law barrister who represented an activist in his successful challenge to NSW’s anti-protest laws has been appointed as a judge on the Federal Court.
The NSW Supreme Court judge who found former rugby league player and teacher Chris Dawson guilty of murdering his wife has retired from the bench.
The developer of an apartment complex in Melbourne’s east can retain a $883,000 deposit from convicted fraudster Demetrios ‘James’ Charisiou’s real estate investment firm, which was found to have repudiated a contract over email.
A court has granted an application for a development that will demolish part of a former Commonwealth Bank building in Sydney’s inner west to construct a co-living building.
A world-first law banning kids under 16 from accessing social media platforms has gone into force, with the eSafety commissioner vowing to publish a report card on compliance by the end of the year.
A judge has issued an injunction against actress and director Rebel Wilson, partially blocking her cross-claim in US defamation proceedings launched by producers of her film, ‘The Deb’.
Law firm Ashurst has advised Newcastle Airport on arrangements for Australia’s first guided weapons manufacturing and maintenance facility, to be based at its Astra Aerolab precinct.
A wellness retreat has launched an intellectual property suit against luxury Queensland resort Elysium Noosa, claiming that a recent rebrand amounts to passing off.