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WA Premier can’t shield text messages with AG about Mineralogy bill
Clive Palmer has won his bid to view text messages between Western Australian premier Mark McGowan and the state attorney-general discussing a bill to ban the billionaire mining magnate from suing the state for $30 billion.
Insurers win $3.2M lawsuit over COVID-related cancellation of Big Red Bash festival
Insurers have triumphed in a lawsuit over coverage for the $3.2 million cancellation of the Big Red Bash outback music festival during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with a judge finding a communicable disease exclusion in the organiser's event cancellation policy was engaged.
Company co-owned by MP Angus Taylor launches court action against land clearing ruling
Jam Land, the company co-owned by energy minister Angus Taylor, is contesting an order made by the federal Environment Department to restore 28.5 hectares of illegally poisoned native grassland.
Airbnb host loses bid for Jobkeeper payments
An Airbnb host’s claim for JobKeeper payments has been shot down, with a tribunal saying the accommodation of paying guests at one’s own home did not constitute a business.
Class action targets WA over controversial law detaining fine defaulters
A class action against Western Australia is seeking damages for alleged discrimination of Indigenous Australians detained for unpaid fines.
KPMG hits back at lawsuit brought by ‘belittled’ employee
Accounting giant KPMG is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a former long-serving employee over “unnecessarily aggressive, belittling and disproportionate” emails allegedly attacking his professional integrity.
Djokovic wins challenge to visa cancellation, judge orders his release
The world's No. 1 men's tennis player Novak Djokovic has won a court challenge to the cancellation of his visa, with a judge ordering his immediate release from detention.
SmileDirectClub can’t get its facts straight, Invisalign claims
The maker of the popular Invisalign dental aligners has sued competitor SmileDirectClub for allegedly misleading consumers about the cost and efficacy of its direct-to-consumer teeth alignment kits.
Barrister faces discipline after ‘gut-feeling’ prompts unfounded allegations against solicitor
A Sydney-based barrister has been reprimanded for relying on his “gut feeling” in making baseless accusations of misconduct against the principal of a law firm.
Barrister who sexually harassed clerk has suffered enough, appeals court says
The New South Wales Bar Association has lost an appeal seeking a financial penalty and a professional reprimand against a Sydney barrister for his “poorly judged, vulgar and inappropriate” behaviour, with an appeals court finding damage to his reputation and a hike in his insurance premium dwarfed any punishment it could dole out.