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BlueScope cartel judge gives ‘hybrid’ hearings low marks as COVID-19 scrambles trial plans
When trial begins next month in the ACCC's cartel case against BlueScope Steel, the parties will all appear by video, with a judge saying "hybrid" hearings - where some parties are in court and others appear by video - were "unsatisfactory".
Trial in Ben Roberts-Smith case may move from Sydney as COVID-19 lockdown drags on
Trial in the defamation case by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith against Nine may face additional delays or be transferred out of Sydney after the NSW Government extended the city's COVID-19 restrictions by two weeks.
Judge keeps climate change class action alive, as duty to children enshrined in law
The federal Minister for the Environment has lost a bid to declass a class action brought over climate change risks from an expansion of the Whitehaven coal mine, with a judge making a declaration that the government owes a duty to all Australian children to protect them from global warming.
CDPP sent back to the drawing board to address ‘defects’ in ANZ cartel case
A judge has ordered the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to file a replacement indictment to address defects in the document at the centre of its criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement in August 2015.
Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial adjourned as COVID-19 flares in NSW
Trial in the defamation case by accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has been adjourned for three weeks after COVID-19 restrictions prevented witnesses from travelling to Sydney and national security concerns were raised regarding Afghani witnesses set to give evidence.
ACCC loses competition case against NSW Ports over 50-year deal with state
The ACCC has lost its regulatory action against NSW Ports alleging a 50-year agreement with the state, signed when Port Botany and Port Kembla were privatised in 2013, was anti-competitive.
‘I never struck any woman’: Ben Roberts-Smith denies punching ex-girlfriend in Canberra hotel room
Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has denied claims that he assaulted a woman with whom he was having an affair and took naked photos of her while she was unconscious after attending a Parliament House function in March 2018.
Ben Roberts-Smith admits emailing SAS witness about compound where alleged murders took place
Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court that he exchanged emails with SAS witnesses about a compound where he was alleged to have murdered a man with a prosthetic leg in the lead-up to his defamation trial.
Adverse finding against Judge Vasta would face ‘inevitable’ challenge, court hears
A judge hearing a lawsuit against Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta over alleged wrongful imprisonment has heard that a finding putting the Commonwealth on the hook for future jurisdictional errors by judges would meet an "inevitable" appeal.
Ben Roberts-Smith denies sending threatening letters to SAS soldier
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has denied allegations that he sent off threatening letters to a former SAS colleague to stop him from talking to the media and a defence inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.