The declaration of Melbourne’s CBD as a designated area permitting increased police search powers was justified to prevent violence, the Victoria government told a court Friday.
Protesters challenging Melbourne CBD’s ‘designated area’ status claim enhanced Victoria Police search powers were a “significant” breach of their rights, a court heard on the first day of trial Thursday.
A constitutional challenge to the declaration of the Melbourne CBD as a ‘designated area’ has been attacked by the state government as “hypothetical”, but the case is set to move ahead despite an early end to the designation.
Protesters bringing a constitutional challenge over the declaration of the Melbourne CBD as a ‘designated area’ want to join a third person to the case after the police assistant commissioner argued the current applicants have no standing.
An appeals court has rejected a class action’s challenge to a finding that Homes Victoria had a legitimate purpose in deciding to demolish and redevelop public housing towers in Melbourne, despite “lamentable” lack of consultation.
University of Sydney staff members who claim a professor unlawfully “named and shamed” them as pro-Israel have lost their bid to continue their racial discrimination case as a class action, while the university has lost a summary dismissal bid in a similar case.
The NSW government is fighting a bid to add a direct discrimination claim by the lead applicant in a class action alleging racial discrimination over the placement of children in state care.
A judge has lengthened the trial in pianist Jayson Gillham’s case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from five to 15 days, noting the substantial number of witnesses and the reputational consequences of the case.
A judge has refused to recuse himself from a sexual harassment case against the Western Australian Department of Justice after counsel for the department donated $500 to a GoFundMe for his brother-in-law.
An appeals court has overturned the dismissal of a sexual harassment case and ordered a new trial after finding a judge did not consider crucial evidence and relied on “a preconception of how a victim would act”.