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Hotel detention legal, but lacked ‘care and humanity’, judge says
Human Rights 2023-07-06 10:27 pm By Gareth Baker

A federal court judge has slammed Australia’s use of makeshift hotel detention centres as lacking “ordinary human decency”, but ruled they are not illegal in […]

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Law school dean takes the reins as sex discrimination commissioner
Human Rights 2023-07-06 1:40 pm By Gareth Baker

The Albanese government has named Western Sydney University dean of law Dr Anna Cody as Australia’s new Sex Discrimination Commissioner. Cody has been appointed to […]

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Irritated judge pushes off 2nd junior doctors class action trial
Employment 2023-07-05 4:35 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has adjourned a trial in a case brought by junior doctors seeking to recoup alleged unpaid overtime, despite noting his annoyance over the […]

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Pre-case discovery not for determining recovery prospects, judge says in $350M Probuild spat
Construction 2023-07-04 4:19 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that preliminary discovery does not extend to information about the likely recovery of a claim, rejecting an argument that the relevant […]

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Financial stakes high in Atanaskovic Hartnell’s challenge to ‘campaign of denigration’ ruling
Employment 2023-07-04 3:10 pm By Gareth Baker

An appeal by Atanaskovic Hartnell over a $330,000 damages judgment in favor of a former general manager is motivated in part by the court’s award […]

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GetSwift boss still can’t be found, court hears in lawsuit brought by co-founder
Securities 2023-07-04 2:23 am By Sam Matthews

GetSwift director Joel Macdonald still has not been served almost a year after his former Melbourne Demons teammate James Strauss filed a $15 million lawsuit […]

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Time to end this ‘sorry business’: Court tosses objection to EY settlement
Professional Negligence 2023-07-03 4:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court has blessed a trust’s settlement with Ernst & Young that resolves a negligence case linked to a decade-long tax dispute that went to […]

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Lighthouse largely fails to keep evidence under wraps in $328M dispute with East Timor
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-07-03 10:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Oil company Lighthouse Corporation has lost its bid to force East Timor to jump through hoops to access a suite of documents in a $328 […]

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Judge wants more evidence for law firm’s 30% cut in IAG class action
Insurance 2023-06-30 3:40 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against Insurance Australia Group says more evidence is needed to back the applicant’s bid for an order giving […]

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Stalled $2B Central Barangaroo development in legal privilege stand-off
Construction 2023-06-30 10:47 pm By Gareth Baker

The NSW government and the former developer of a stalled $2 billion Central Barangaroo development project are headed for a discovery showdown in their $270 […]

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