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The Supreme Court of Victoria has agreed to transfer a case against the former CEO of ASX-listed software company Dubber and its solicitor to the Federal Court, to be heard alongside a case against auditor BDO and civil penalty proceedings by ASIC.

NSW Police has argued the lead plaintiff in a class action over strip searches at music festivals should only receive $33,000 in damages rather than $93,000 and is challenging a finding that the strip searches were done “as a matter of routine”.

A group of 21 former property owners at the site of a planned 55-storey skyscraper in the Sydney CBD has won access to a contract entered into with Cbus Property shortly before developer FT Sydney went into administration.

Incoming NSW Supreme Court Justice Kate Richardson has used her swearing in speech to raise the alarm about ongoing gender inequity among barristers.

Former Carlton president and PwC chief executive officer Luke Sayers has lost his bid to transfer his wife’s defamation case over an explicit image posted to his social media account to the Family Court, where the proceedings would be confidential. 

Shell is seeking to recover $83 million from former joint venture partners Woodside and Paladin after the Commonwealth imposed a levy to cover the cost of decommissioning an abandoned offshore oil platform off the coast of Darwin.

A New South Wales-based Aboriginal charity can't make submissions in support of a former coal mine's pivot to biomass fuel, with a court rejecting the argument that its concerns would not otherwise be raised. 

The federal environment minister has rejected two emergency applications to declare the planned site for an Olympic stadium at Brisbane's Victoria Park a significant Aboriginal heritage area. 

Melbourne-based firm Carbone Lawyers has filed a case against two former solicitors who moved to a rival firm, claiming they breached their confidentiality obligations.

Noting the aging group members, a judge has pushed the parties in two class actions against aged care facilities over COVID-19 outbreaks to shoot for a 2027 or early-2028 trial date.