Judges

The Full Court has found women-only social media app Giggle for Girls committed direct discrimination on the basis of gender identity by excluding a transgender woman from the platform and slapped its founder with aggravated damages for repeated misgendering during trial.

The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal in a class action over the government’s 2011 live exports ban, which will have consequences for the damages that can be awarded to cattle exporters. 

Maurice Blackburn wants a 35 per cent cut of any settlement in a class action against the operator of sports betting sites Ladbrokes and Neds -- 2 per cent higher than a group costs order in a similar case against Sportsbet -- telling the court there was likely to be a "smaller pie".

LG Australia has defeated an appeal of a decision which found it did not breach the duty of care owed to the owners of a refrigerator which caught fire, who were not provided with a replacement through a recall process.

ASIC has lost its appeal of a failed bid to strike out of parts of mining magnate Clive Palmer’s claim that he was subject to an unlawful examination by the regulator, with a judge finding the pleading properly identified the ASIC officers involved. 

The former CEO of the Australian Film Institute, who alleges he was ousted through a sham redundancy, has dropped his bid for reinstatement.

A funder bankrolling proceedings over the compulsory acquisition of land for the Westconnex road project in Sydney has lost its bid to revive a lawsuit against the plaintiffs, with an appeals court saying it was a “classic example of abuse of process”.

A class action against Queensland and two hospitals on behalf of First Nations people alleging institutional racism must plead a comparator group by which their treatment is to be measured, a court has said.

A judge has permanently stayed a suit against developer Stennson over a Caulfield North residential development after finding the developer would suffer prejudice because the builder on the project was not a party in the case.

A lawsuit by construction company McMahon Services against South Australia's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport over upgrades to two SeaLink ferry wharfs has been stayed, with a court finding the builder should be held to its contractual bargain.