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The judge overseeing Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against Network Ten has allowed the accused rapist to rely on a settlement deed between the federal government and Brittany Higgins, saying it was ‘inconsistent’ with her evidence.
Mercer Superannuation has agreed to pay $11.3 million in a case the regulator said was “the first and we hope the last” greenwashing case of its kind.
A former personal aide to Senator Linda Reynolds has given evidence in a defamation trial that she spoke with her boss about Bruce Lehrmann’s alleged assault against Brittany Higgins two weeks after the incident and that the ex-defence minister had told her she “felt sick” about it.
The High Court has overturned a ruling that barred foreign passengers from a class action over the ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise in 2020, finding a class action waiver in the terms and conditions of their tickets was unenforceable under Australia's consumer laws.
A former Liberal staffer has doubled down on her evidence that Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins were “touchy” with one another on the night she was allegedly raped by Lehrmann, a claim which he has denied.
The High Court has found Victorian real estate agency Biggin & Scott did not authorise through "indifference" the theft of Campaigntrack’s source code by a software developer it hired to create a cloud-based real estate marketing platform.
Medibank has asked a judge to put the kibosh on class action-style proceedings filed with the OAIC, arguing findings inconsistent with those in a class action over its October 2022 data breach could do damage to the public's view of the court.
A judge has admonished the Transport Workers Union for relying on test cases to decide compensation for 1,700 ground crew who were sacked during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it should instead bring a class action.
Brittany Higgins has denied she tried to derail a criminal retrial of former colleague and alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann in favour of a civil case with a lower standard of proof, as she revealed in court the federal government paid $2.3 million to settle her claims.
Brittany Higgins has been questioned over messages she sent to a friend shortly after she was allegedly raped at Parliament House that are said to contradict her account, with the former Liberal staffer saying she “wasn’t ready” to disclose the truth.