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Not ‘plainly wrong’: NSW appeals court sticks to guns on class closure
Class Actions 2024-04-17 1:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW Court of Appeal has said it has no power to exclude group members who do not sign up to a class action from […]

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ICAC’s findings against Berejiklian based on ‘depressing view of human life’, court told
Appeals 2024-02-26 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Appealing findings of serious corrupt conduct over her award of state funds to the district of then boyfriend and member of parliament Daryl Maguire, former […]

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Influential judge remembered for ushering in ‘brutal’ case management rules
Courts 2024-02-06 3:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Practitioners have marked the passing of former NSW Supreme Court Justice Andrew Rogers KC, who will be remembered for transforming commercial litigation through his vigorous, […]

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Top judge says judicial workload in NSW unsustainable, calls for funding boost
Courts 2024-02-01 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

The top judge in NSW has called for more court resources and funding to ease the burden of an overworked judiciary, in an impassioned speech […]

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New judge vows to not be ‘cranky’, looks forward to bench-eye view of the Bar
Courts 2024-01-30 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The latest judge to join the NSW Supreme Court has expressed a desire to foster a serious but collegiate environment for advocates and has remarked […]

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‘A true all-rounder’: NSW judge farewelled for High Court
Courts 2023-10-19 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

With customary wit the top judge of NSW has sent off Justice Robert Beech-Jones to take his seat on the High Court, observing the value […]

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Court can order solicitor to return fees for ‘exorbitant overcharging’
Legal Ethics 2023-10-13 4:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court made valid orders for a Queensland solicitor to pay back $251,255 to the relative of a former client, an appeals court has found, […]

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Obeids, Ian Macdonald lose appeal of conviction for bid-rigging conspiracy
Crime 2023-10-06 10:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Labor members Ian Macdonald, Eddie Obeid and his son Moses will remain in prison after losing a challenge to convictions for conspiracy to rig […]

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Tech exec subjected to DXC’s ‘unreasonable’ 7-year restraint clause wins appeal
Technology 2023-05-16 10:28 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has found a seven-year non-competition clause in US tech giant DXC Eclipse’s agreement with the former director of Melbourne software firm Sable37, […]

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Opal Tower class members could do ‘simple arithmetic’, funder says in appeal of cuts to commission
Appeals 2023-03-14 10:25 pm By Sam Matthews

The funder in the Opal Tower class action has appealed a judge’s decision to slash its commission for not disclosing proposed deductions from the settlement […]

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