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Two more Victorian healthcare providers have been hit with a class action on behalf of junior doctors alleging they were not paid for unrostered work.
Dutch paint company Akzo Nobel has lost its bid to transfer a case over the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project to state court in Western Australia, with a judge finding the overlap with insurance-related proceedings in the state court was tolerable.
An appeals court has found that barrister’s fees are not excluded as a recoverable outlay under worker’s compensation regulations.
A judge has questioned a challenge by two class actions against Victorian aged care providers to a ruling that rejected their bid for insurance and financial information, which the defendants argue would have far-reaching implications.
With customary wit the top judge of NSW has sent off Justice Robert Beech-Jones to take his seat on the High Court, observing the value of his colleague's criminal law experience and the lamentable drop in that bench's "sartorial standards" with his elevation.
Several class action counsel and an IP expert are among twenty-five new silks appointed in Victoria.
The High Court has struck down a Victorian tax on electric cars, finding the state usurped powers held only by the federal government.
A trial in a class action against Western Australia on behalf of First Nations workers seeking to recover stolen wages has been pushed off, suggesting the parties are close to a settlement.
The law firm that's running a franchisee class action against United Petroleum over allegedly loss-making Pie Faces stores has has won its bid to peek at draft communications the oil giant wants to send to group members.
Two cosmetic surgeons have filed defamation suits seeking aggravated damages over coverage by the ABC and Fairfax that allegedly painted them as “outlaw surgeons” who mutilated a patient and exploited the Medicare system.