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ACCC wins bid-rigging case over tender for National Gallery work
Industrial technology company Delta Building Automation has been found liable for attempting to rig a bid for work on the National Gallery of Australia, in a win for the competition regulator.
Judge won’t recuse himself from influencer case over ‘neighbourhood dispute’ remark
A Federal Court judge has dismissed an application for his recusal on apprehended bias grounds for comments made about the significance of a defamation case against a Sydney seafood restaurant by social media influencers accused of skipping out on the bill for their lobster meal.
Deep sleep defamation case against HarperCollins finally put to rest
A psychiatrist has reached a confidential settlement with Harper Collins in his defamation case over a book about the controversial deep sleep therapy at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in the 1970s.
Trans woman gets go-ahead to bring late discrimination case against Giggle for Girls
A judge has allowed a discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls to be brought out of time, finding there was a public interest in determining the “metes and bounds” of Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.
Giggle for Girls suit primed as test case for transgender rights, court hears
A discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls may test the metes and bounds of Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act, a court has heard.
Erin Molan to receive zero damages in defamation settlement
Erin Molan will receive zero damages under a settlement reached with the Daily Mail, after the Full Federal Court set aside a $150,000 defamation judgment for the sports presenter and sent the case back for a new trial.
Ultra Tune boss seen instructing lawyer in criminal case, not incapacitated, judge says
Ultra Tune has failed to prove its managing director is mentally incapacitated and unable to give evidence at a sentencing hearing for contempt of court after he was seen earlier this week attending a hearing in a criminal case on charges of stalking his ex-girlfriend.
Daily Mail says Erin Molan’s ‘egregious conduct’ warrants reversal of $150,000 damages award
The Daily Mail has argued that Nine sports presenter Erin Molan should be stripped of a $150,000 defamation damages award because of her history of “seriously egregious conduct” on 2GB’s Continuous Call Team radio show.
‘Predatory and flagrant’: Debt collector A&M Group to pay $800,000 in ASIC case
A judge has ordered debt collection agency A&M Group to pay $800,000 after it allegedly harassed and coerced debtors by repeatedly contacting family, friends and employers and claiming they could face imprisonment.
HarperCollins can make ‘bad reputation’ claims in deep sleep defamation case
A psychiatrist that sued HarperCollins for defamation over a book on the use of deep sleep therapy at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in the 1970s has lost his bid to disallow the publisher’s claim that any damage he suffered was mitigated by his bad reputation.