Barristers

Australia’s most-decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost his bid for special leave from the High Court to appeal a judge’s findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

A judge has struck out builder CPB Contractor's “clearly untenable” claim against Transport for NSW for $63 million in delay costs for work on the Pacific Highway upgrade.

A class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme has settled for $548.5 million, the largest class action settlement in Australia’s history, on the back of damning revelations in a royal commission report released after the class action originally settled for $112 million. 

In a historic High Court decision, a Queensland man who suffered catastrophic injuries as a result of a hospital's negligence has won his bid for damages that allows him to receive medical care at home.

The owners corporation of a 98-unit Parklea development by defunct builder Dyldam Developments have appealed a ruling that found time was up on its insurance claim for building defects in a property completed 17 years ago.

The liquidators of real estate investment company Global Capital Property Fund have expanded their suit alleging breaches of fiduciary duties in relation to a $50 million Queensland development, adding special purpose vehicles for several developments in Victoria.

A GFG subsidiary has lost its cross-claim in a battle with OneSteel's administrators over infrastructure assets at South Australia's Whyalla port, which is used to export the state's iron ore.

Ex-ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf is seeking a penalty of up to $350,000 against the national broadcaster for her unfair dismissal, citing its “performative” expressions of regret. 

A judge has handed Knowmore Legal an early loss in a negligence case by a former client, finding the client was barred from bringing further sexual abuse claims by accepting an offer under the national redress scheme.

A judge wrongly cited as the author of an AI-hallucinated judgment has struck out at the AI-assisted statement of claim filed by a self-represented litigant in a defamation case, saying the use of generative AI to prepare pleadings is “a practice that must be stopped”.