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‘A practice that must be stopped’: Judge fed up with use of AI in pleadings
AI 2025-09-02 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge wrongly cited as the author of an AI-hallucinated judgment has struck out at the AI-assisted statement of claim filed by a self-represented litigant in a defamation case, saying the use of generative AI to prepare pleadings is “a practice that must be stopped”.

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‘Clearly untenable’: Court tosses CPB Contractor’s $63M disruption delay costs claim
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-09-04 11:20 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has struck out builder CPB Contractor’s “clearly untenable” claim against Transport for NSW for $63 million in delay costs for work on the Pacific Highway upgrade.

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Knowmore Legal suffers preliminary loss in negligence case
Professional Negligence 2025-09-02 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has handed Knowmore Legal an early loss in a negligence case by a former client, finding the client was barred from bringing further sexual abuse claims by accepting an offer under the national redress scheme.

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Class action gets hands on Phoslock docs produced in AFP probe of China operations
Class Actions 2025-09-02 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Phoslock Environmental Technologies, which has produced hundreds of thousands of documents to federal police as part of an investigation of the company’s China operations, must hand over the bundle to a class action.

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‘Disgraceful’: Court hits Open4Sale directors with $2.8M penalties
Financial Services 2025-09-02 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Open4Sale Global’s directors have been penalised $2.6 million for breaching disclosure laws in raising money from investors, who were labelled “a bunch of idiots” by the company’s boss.

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OneSteel’s administrators win case over Whyalla port infrastructure
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2025-09-03 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

A GFG subsidiary has lost its cross-claim in a battle with OneSteel’s administrators over infrastructure assets at South Australia’s Whyalla port, which is used to export the state’s iron ore.

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Judge won’t transfer dispute over ‘defective’ mining equipment
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-02 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected a “finely balanced” application to transfer a court fight between Waratah Engineering and Wollongong Resources over mining equipment contracts to New South Wales.

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Mastercard can’t shield in-house counsel’s communications in ACCC case
Financial Services 2025-09-01 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mastercard has lost its claim for legal professional privilege over communications between its chief financial officer in Singapore and in-house counsel about merchant agreements the ACCC alleges were anti-competitive. 

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Atanaskovic Hartnell appeals stay of costs win against media mogul
Business of Law 2025-09-01 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Atanaskovic Hartnell is appealing a decision barring the law firm from enforcing a costs judgment against a company of media mogul Bruce Gordon and quashing a garnishee order directed at Nine.

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Judge predicts companies will try to block team-ups by class action firms
Class Actions 2025-08-29 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Federal Court judge has predicted class action defendants will start arguing law firms cannot cooperate in running class actions, after a different judge hearing a case against Google recently remarked that such arrangements could be anti-competitive. 

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