Former Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron has been found guilty of two counts of breaching the Corporations Act, following an investigation by the corporate regulator over her failure to disclose her stake in the baby formula company.
The peak body for Australian judges has condemned an inquiry into a Supreme Court Justice reportedly charged with assault, saying that it will have sweeping powers that interfere with the judiciary’s independence and violate “basic notions of fairness”.
A court has barred a law firm from acting in a partnership dispute because one of its solicitors could be a material witness in the case, finding there was a potential conflict between the duty of loyalty the lawyer owed to his clients and his obligation to be honest with the court.
A former receptionist who allegedly suffered sexual harassment by Australian cricket players and managers has lost her bid to bring her case against Cricket Tasmania out of time, despite her claims of suffering ill mental health.
The first class action brought in Tasmania’s Supreme Court is demanding compensation from the government for over 100 former child detainees of the state’s controversial Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
Mining company Moina Gold has sued Joseph ‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick for $500,000 it says it is owed over an alleged botched contract to explore three mineral tenements in Tasmania.
A court has heard that Cricket Tasmania may call former Australian test captain Tim Paine to give evidence in the witness box at a trial in a sexual harassament case by former receptionist Renee Ferguson against cricket players and senior managers.
A high profile Tasmanian lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct for an “ongoing failure” to progress his client’s case or respond to her questions for two and a half decades.
Cricket Tasmania has denied allegations by a former front receptionist that she was the victim of sexual harassment by Australian cricket players and senior managers, and says she has not suffered loss as a result of any alleged misbehaviour.
The High Court has ruled that the “direct and far-reaching ramifications” of a contract between the federal government and Tasmania’s two major airports justifies an order for declaratory relief sought by local councils about the obligation of the airports’ operators to pay rates.