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NSW Police can’t appeal ruling on names in strip search class action
The NSW government can't appeal a decision that denied its bid to subpoena the names of 2,316 registered group members in a class action over allegedly unlawful strip searches at music festivals. 
NSW police can’t subpoena group members’ names in strip search class action
The NSW government's bid for the names of 2,316 registered group members in a class action over strip searches at music festivals has been knocked back by the court.
Builder on hook for $8.7M for Tweed Heads townhouse development defects
A Queensland builder has been hit with $8.7 million in damages after residents of its townhouse development in Tweed Heads South, NSW suffered damage from defective waterproofing.
Strip search class action attacks NSW’s ‘reasonable exercise of power’ defence
The lead plaintiff in a class action alleging NSW Police conducted illegal strip searches at music festivals has argued the state cannot rely on a defence that the searches were a reasonable exercise of power, after a recent judgment found the defence does not apply to unlawful arrests.
NSW blasts strip search class action’s ‘amorphous’ claim for exemplary damages
The NSW government is seeking to strike out class action claims for exemplary damages, arguing allegations that police conducted strip searches at music festivals as a matter of routine “lack specificity at every level”. 
Judge ‘outraged’ over NSW Police’s delays in strip search class action
A judge hearing a class action against the New South Wales government and police commissioner over allegedly illegal strip searches at music festivals has criticised the state for failing to comply with court orders on time. 
Judge rejects climate challenge to NSW logging agreement
An environmental group has lost its case alleging the federal government failed to take climate change into account when it renewed an agreement for logging in New South Wales, with a judge saying it was a ‘political’ issue rather than one for the courts.
Court not obliged to comply with policies NSW ‘dreams up’, class action judge says
A judge has warned the NSW government that the court does not make orders “subject to [its] internal policies” after the state failed to comply with orders to hand over documents in a class action over police strip searches.