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A retiring Federal Court judge who served on the bench for almost two decades has railed against court fees “that no ordinary person can afford” and overly complex legislation, including the Corporations Act, which he called a "blight on our community".
The Full Court will weigh in on whether Opal Tower engineer WSP was excluded from builder Icon's policy coverage for subcontractors and should cover it own class action costs.
Network Ten has foreshadowed “graphic and distressing” evidence from Brittany Higgins, the first of many witnesses that will be called by the broadcaster, including an expert lip reader and toxicologist.
Ben Roberts-Smith has been hit with indemnity costs for his failed defamation case over articles accusing him of war crimes, with a judge agreeing with the publishers that the former SAS corporal knew the allegations were substantially true.
A new law firm has taken over from Quinn Emanuel in a class action against Transport for NSW over the alleged fraudulent acquisition of land to construct the $16 billion Westconnex tunnel in Sydney, after the mystery funder that's backing the case lost its bid to avoid security.
'Serious and systemic' failures in Australian Clinical Labs' cyber framework left the pathology services provider vulnerable to a cyberattack that exposed the sensitive health data of more than 223,000 people, including tests for fertility and sexually transmitted diseases, according to the OAIC.
A class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam has appealed a judgment that found shareholders who did not purchase their stock on one of the three exchanges on which the mining giant is listed are excluded from the case.
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has admitted to lying to defence minister Linda Reynolds and in a TV interview aired by Channel 7, on the fourth day of his defamation trial against Network Ten.
Optus has lodged an appeal of a judgment that found the teleco could not claim legal professional privilege to shield from a class action a report by consulting giant Deloitte into last year's major data breach.
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has walked back evidence in his defamation trial that he did not buy Brittany Higgins any alcoholic drinks on the night he allegedly raped her, saying he “must have been confused”.