Trevor Moses

The firm behind a class action over remote housing in the Northern Territory has appealed a decision rejecting its bid to undo orders on the scope of the initial trial, after the judge disregarded submissions by a class action solicitor that "affronted" her.

A judge has disregarded submissions by a class action solicitor appearing to critique the court's exercise of its procedural powers, “affronted” that the lawyer seemed to suggest she needed to be “educated”.

A judge has disregarded submissions made by a class action solicitor appearing to critique the court's exercise of its procedural powers, “affronted” that the submissions seemed to suggest that she needed to be “educated”.

A judge hearing a class action alleging the Northern Territory public housing authority failed to maintain habitable public housing in remote Aboriginal communities has declined to vacate an October hearing and has limited the scope of the initial trial.

The first phase of trial in a class action alleging the Northern Territory public housing authority failed to maintain habitable public housing in remote Aboriginal communities will centre on breach of contract claims, with discrimination and unconscionable conduct claims to be heard later. 

A racial discrimination class action against the Northern Territory government and its police commissioner could "call into question" policing across the territory, a judge has said.

A judge has urged the Northern Territory public housing authority and a discrimination class action to seek the court's assistance instead of resorting to lengthy correspondence as they "lock antlers" over discovery and factual matters. 

The NT government says a class action by the family of an Indigenous woman who died at a COVID-19 quarantine facility had no business in the Federal Court.

The Northern Territory government is fighting a false imprisonment and wrongful death class action by the family of an Indigenous woman who died at a COVID-19 quarantine facility.

The Northern Territory public housing authority has moved to throw out a class action’s claims that it engaged in racial discrimination by failing to maintain public housing in remote Aboriginal communities.