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Fairfax wants Seven, Herbert Smith Freehills emails in Ben Roberts-Smith case
Seven Network and law firms Herbert Smith Freehills and Addisons are fighting Fairfax’s bid for communications relating to Ben Roberts-Smith’s unsuccessful defamation case, as the publisher seeks its significant defence costs. 
Doctors class action won’t take precedence over union-backed cases
A union representing 54 junior doctors alleging they were systemically underpaid has defeated a bid by NSW Health to stay its case until the determination of a related class action on behalf of tens of thousands of medical officers. 
Trial wipeout in lawyer’s fight with inventor behind surf machine patent
An upcoming trial in a long-running legal stoush between a patent lawyer and the inventor of a energy efficient surf machine over the rights to the invention has been vacated after a judge found the company the rights were assigned to has not provided satisfactory discovery.
Junior doctors beat back declassing bid by NSW in overtime case
A junior doctor representing thousands of medical officers in NSW has thwarted an application by the state to declass her group proceeding, with a judge saying a "single determination" of the issues common to all group members was the most efficient way of resolving them.
Ben Roberts-Smith appeals after court finds he committed war crimes
Former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith has filed an appeal after he lost his defamation case against Nine-owned Fairfax in a ruling that found he committed murder in Afghanistan and was not a reliable witness. 
‘Commercial nonsense’ ruling shot down in AMP lease dispute
Willis Australia has won an appeal against its landlord, AMP Capital, with a court ruling the insurance broker is entitled to withdraw notice it gave in December 2019 to renew its office lease. 
‘Cloud cuckoo land’: Judge questions class action’s bid to beef up export ban damages claim
A judge overseeing a class action over the government's total ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia has challenged the applicant’s bid to base group member damages on an increased number of cows that could have been exported, three years after the lead applicant won a $2.9 million judgment.
HSF, Seven can’t set aside Nine’s subpoenas in Ben Roberts-Smith case
Seven and law firm Herbert Smith Freehills have lost a bid to set aside subpoenas issued by Fairfax, as the publisher seeks third party costs orders against Seven for funding disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith's unsuccessful defamation case.
Slater & Gordon faces court challenge to Allegro takeover by small biz
A self-managed superannuation fund has taken Slater & Gordon to court to block the the acquisition of its shares in the firm as part of the plaintiff firm's takeover by private equity firm Allegro Funds, saying the 55 cents per share price is not fair and reasonable.
Investigator wants evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith case, as Fairfax seeks costs from Seven, Stokes
The office of the special investigator wants access to evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith's failed defamation case, a court has heard, while Fairfax says it needs to see invoices from Herbert Smith Freehills to the soldier's financial backer, Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, in its bid for costs.