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The High Court has overturned a controversial decision that put a judge on the hook for a man’s false imprisonment, finding that all judges are immune from civil suits for acts done in the performance of their judicial duties.
A High Court majority has found self-represented law firms can recover costs for their solicitors’ work, but in dissent two judges said the ruling effectively restored an exception scrapped five years ago.
In a landmark ruling, the High Court has recognised the availability of damages for psychiatric injury caused by an employer's negligent dismissal process, restoring a $1.4 million award to a former non-profit employee.
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The High Court has ruled that NSW builders cannot point fingers at their subcontractors as concurrent wrongdoers for negligent construction defects under the Design and Building Practitioners Act.
The High Court has upheld appeals in class actions against Ford and Toyota over the calculation of damages for reduction in value of defective vehicles.
The High Court has found that requiring stateless refugees to wear ankle bracelets and comply with curfews to prevent future offending is unconstitutional.
In a loss for Sky City Adelaide, the High Court has affirmed that electronic gaming credits should be taxed as revenue. putting it on the hook for an additional casino duty of $13.1 million.
The High Court has rejected a liquidator’s appeal arguing that two NSW printing press companies’ joint right to sue could be pooled to pay off debts for the entire corporate group.
The High Court has rejected an appeal by Captain Cook College of a finding that it engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct by enrolling thousands of unsuitable students, finding courts are not constrained by factors the consumer law says it "may consider" in deciding if conduct rises to the level of unconscionability.