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Late evidence allowed in Myer JV spat after $100K error by lawyer, expert
A judge has allowed the plaintiffs in a lawsuit over a Myer joint venture to tender extra evidence, after a $100,000 miscalculation was discovered during cross-examination in the final days of a hearing.
Law firm’s cost dislosures inadequate to recoup two-thirds of judgment amount, court finds
A law firm that recouped two-thirds of a personal injury payout in excess of the statutory cap through a “potentially misleading” costs agreement will pay back a former client $26,200 plus interest.
Sydney-based investment firm faces racial discrimination suit
The top brass of Sydney-based investment firm Curve Securities have been named in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee.
High Court awards Paralympian $6.75M for fall in campdrafting competition
The High Court has ordered a sports association to pay $6.75 million to a woman who suffered a serious spinal injury after falling during a campdrafting competition in Ellerston, New South Wales, overturning an appeals court decision that cleared the association of negligence.
Silk for Deutsche Bank in failed ACCC case elevated to NSW Court of Appeal
The senior counsel for Deutsche Bank in its sucessful defence against the ACCC's landmark cartel case is one of three new judicial appointments in NSW.
Barristers warn against blanket rule for return to chambers
Barristers have cautioned against a one-size-fits-all approach amid calls for a return to chambers and 'business as usual' in the New South Wales courts.
Airbags class action judge failed to grapple with ‘unknowable’ explosion risk, appeals court hears
The plaintiff in a class action against Volkswagen over allegedly deadly Takata airbags has told an appeals court his case was misunderstood by the trial judge, who found he failed to prove that cars fitted with the airbags were not of acceptable quality.
Sailors seek ‘very high figure’ in Navy training class action
The federal government has argued it should not have to pay the “very high figure” former Royal Australian Navy sailors are seeking in compensation for a breached training contract that allegedly saw them denied a higher rate of pay.
ACCC faces tough questions in appeal of NSW Ports competition case
An appeals court grilled counsel for the ACCC on the first day of a hearing challenging the dismissal of its case over a NSW government deal to privatise two ports, calling on the lawyer to spell out how the state was alleged to be in competition with the consortium that took over the ports.
Ben Roberts-Smith described killing of Afghan teen as ‘most beautiful thing’, court told
Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith told a former SAS soldier that when he “blew the brains out” of a young Afghan man it was “the most beautiful thing [he’d] ever seen”, a court has heard.