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An environmental group has lost its case alleging the federal government failed to take climate change into account when it renewed an agreement for logging in New South Wales, with a judge saying it was a ‘political’ issue rather than one for the courts.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lost its bid to pursue a disciplinary case against former Grant Thornton director Bradley Taylor over his 2018 audit of fintech firm iSignThis while criminal proceedings are ongoing.
Companies and government entities paid out less to settle class actions in 2023 than in the previous two years, with no mega settlements hitting their pocketbooks.
A $27.5 million settlement reached in a class action over the alleged unlawful detention of 240 Indonesian children has won court approval, but the applicant's legal costs remain subject to negotiations.
A judge has refused a bid by the ACT Police Chief to intervene on behalf of the AFP in Shane Drumgold SC legal challenge to the findings of an inquiry into the prosecution of Brittany Higgins' assault claims against Bruce Lehrmann, but has allowed six police officers to be joined to defend the findings.
The applicant in a nine-year-old class action over the government's 2011 live exports ban has urged the Commonwealth to pay up to $900 million to settle the case, after earlier settlement efforts flopped.
The state of Queensland has urged the High Court to step in after a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge was held personally liable for a man's false imprisonment.
A leading class action firm may seek compensation for those who were illegally detained after the High Court ruled that Australia's system of holding individuals indefinitely in immigration detention is unlawful.
A judge has approved the first settlement in dozens of negligence cases against the Minister for Home Affairs on behalf of refugees detained by the Australian government on the island of Nauru.
A human rights group has lost its legal bid to compel the federal government to bring home Australians stuck in Syrian camps, with a a judge finding the Minister for Home Affairs has “no control” over their detention.