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Star Entertainment faces second inquiry into Sydney licence
Gaming 2024-02-19 2:48 pm By Sam Matthews

The NSW Independent Casino Commission has announced a second inquiry into embattled casino operator Star, amid concerns about its response to Adam Bell SC’s first inquiry.

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Company can’t duck service of $2.5M lawsuit via solicitors, judge says
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-02-16 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

A Norwegian company can’t dodge service of a $2.5 million lawsuit via its Australian solicitors, failing in its argument that exceptional circumstances are needed to avoid the more lengthy and costly process of serving it in its home country.

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Freight operators have a cow over port direction holding up vessel with $5.2M in cattle
Agriculture 2024-02-09 9:06 pm By Sam Matthews

Two marine freight companies have lost a fight with a local council which refused to allow it to unload 3,000 head of cattle at Apollo Bay in Victoria, with a judge finding they were “the architects of their own misfortune” for striking a deal with a beef company before securing permission to berth at the port. 

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Judge makes no bones about trashing ‘Melbourne bone and joint clinic’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2024-02-08 1:45 pm By Sam Matthews

A Melbourne orthopaedic clinic has lost its bid to register the name ‘Melbourne Bone and Joint Clinic’ as a trade mark, with a judge finding the phrase was just an ordinary combination of words. 

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Two Victorian silks appointed Federal Court judges
Courts 2024-02-07 3:14 pm By Sam Matthews

The Federal Court has welcomed two Victorian senior barristers to the bench, including a silk who assisted in the Royal Commission into Crown’s Melbourne casino. 

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Influential judge remembered for ushering in ‘brutal’ case management rules
Courts 2024-02-06 3:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Practitioners have marked the passing of former NSW Supreme Court Justice Andrew Rogers KC, who will be remembered for transforming commercial litigation through his vigorous, often “brutal” approach to case management.

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Judge approves 27.5% GCO in ‘complex’ Medibank class action
Class Actions 2024-02-06 10:23 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has signed off on a 27.5 per cent group costs order in a consolidated shareholder class action against Medibank over a cyberattack that affected 10 million customers, noting the “significant risk” taken on by the two plaintiff law firms running the action. 

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Clive Palmer loses second bid to shut down criminal cases
White Collar 2024-02-06 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost an appeal seeking to throw out two criminal cases over a takeover bid and payments to his political party, with an appeals court finding the challenge was an abuse of process.

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Norton Rose Fulbright nabs Holding Redlich disputes partner
Business of Law 2024-02-06 3:04 am By Sam Matthews

Norton Rose Fulbright has lured a disputes resolution partner from Holding Redlich to its Melbourne office. 

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New federal judge an ‘outstanding appointment’, Law Council says
Courts 2024-02-05 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

The latest appointment to the Federal Circuit and Family Court is a proud Territorian who will serve with “empathy and enthusiasm”, Australia’s peak legal body said Monday.

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