Leigh Howard

The Full Court has found women-only social media app Giggle for Girls committed direct discrimination on the basis of gender identity by excluding a transgender woman from the platform and slapped its founder with aggravated damages for repeated misgendering during trial.

The High Court will hear the appeal of a failed class action over the planned demolition of inner-city public housing towers in Melbourne, which will involve consideration of the right to remain in settled social communities.

The High Court of Australia will hear the appeal of a failed class action over the planned demolition of inner-city public housing towers in Melbourne, which will involve consideration of the right to remain in settled social communities.

A lesbian activist group has succeeded in setting aside a decision that upheld an Australian Human Rights Commission decision denying it permission to exclude transgender and bisexual people from its events.

A lesbian group that wants to exclude transgender and bisexual people has argued the Sex Discrimination Act prioritises the protection and advancement of human rights of biological women.

A class action over the planned demolition of public housing towers in inner-city Melbourne has appealed to the High Court, arguing a failure to give notice of the rebuild affected residents' right to remain in settled social communities.

A class action over the planned demolition of inner-city public housing towers has filed a special leave bid with the High Court, arguing that Homes Victoria’s failure to give residents notice of the rebuild affected their right to remain in settled social communities. 

A judge has declined to extend an injunction that barred ASX-traded Structural Monitoring Systems from sacking its CEO after he launched whistleblower proceedings against the aerospace company.

An appeals court has rejected a class action's challenge to a finding that Homes Victoria had a legitimate purpose in deciding to demolish and redevelop public housing towers in Melbourne, despite “lamentable” lack of consultation. 

An appeals court has rejected a class action's challenge to a finding that Homes Victoria had a legitimate purpose in deciding to demolish and redevelop public housing towers in Melbourne, despite “lamentable” lack of consultation.