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High Court finds curfew, ankle bracelet regime for former detainees unlawful
The High Court has found that requiring stateless refugees to wear ankle bracelets and comply with curfews to prevent future offending is unconstitutional. 
Homes Victoria says recording reasons for tower demolition plan ‘superfluous’
Homes Victoria says the decision to demolish public housing towers in Melbourne -- now the subject of a class action -- took residents' human rights into account, but has no documents to show it.
New judge has a way with words, but does away with Twitter
Justice Stephen McDonald hung up his pithy Tweets on his appointment to the Federal Court, but the new judge's talent for wordplay may yet find an outlet on the bench.
Report calls for stricter oversight of consulting firms in wake of PwC tax scandal
A Senate report into the government's use of consultants, launched in the wake of PwC's leak of confidential Treasury information, has recommended an inquiry into whether partnerships should be subject to the same regulations as corporations and again called on PwC to release the names of all those involved in the leak of confidential government information.
Judge ‘abundantly satisfied’ strip search case against NSW should continue as class action
A judge has found that a lawsuit against the state of NSW over hundreds of allegedly illegal strip searches conducted by NSW police at music festivals over a six-year period should move forward as a class action.
ACT Police Chief can’t intervene in Drumgold challenge to Higgins prosecution report
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.
Dick Smith CFO stuck with $57M judgment after High Court revokes special leave
Former Dick Smith CFO Michael Potts is on the hook for paying $57 million in damages to National Australia Bank after the High Court on Wednesday revoked its grant of special leave, finding he did not raise a legal question of public importance.
Government urged to shell out $900M to settle live exports class action
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.
Bondholders class action faced obstacles, but proving climate risk not one of them: judge
A judge who signed off on a settlement in a class action against the  government by sovereign bondholders over the disclosure of climate risks said proving climate change posed a risk to government coffers may not be as difficult as the government has claimed.