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Twenty-one barristers in Victoria have won the title of senior counsel, including two class action lawyers from opposing sides of the bar table who have been involved in negotiating recent blockbuster settlements.
Victorian workers challenging the government's health directions requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have lost their second bid to disqualify the judge hearing the case on the ground of apprehended bias.
A judge has thrown out an urgent bid by Australian religious leaders for a temporary exemption from COVID-19 lockdown orders in NSW and Victoria to observe upcoming religious holidays, saying granting the injunction may lead to deaths.
The Victoria Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit by restaurant owner and Liberal member Michelle Loielo challenging the validity of the Victoria government's now dropped COVID-19 curfew, with a judge finding that the measure was legal and "proportionate to the purpose of protecting public health".
The judge overseeing a challenge to Victoria's recently lifted COVID-19 curfew has dismissed the state's government bid to have the court split the hearing and first determine whether restaurant owner Michelle Loielo had standing to bring the case.
A case by restaurant owner and Liberal Party member Michelle Loielo challenging Victoria's COVID-19 curfew is continuing despite an announcement by the Andrews government scrapping the curfew on Sunday night.