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In victory for class action, High Court says Qld council must repay levies
High Court 2024-03-13 4:15 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has handed a win to a class action on behalf of Queensland ratepayers who were wrongly charged levies over a period of […]

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High Court clarifies procedural fairness in corruption cases, finds IBAC mostly followed rules
Public Corruption 2024-03-13 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

IBAC has been vindicated by the High Court in a ruling that found Victoria’s anti-corruption agency had largely complied with its obligations to provide a […]

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High Court to decide if employers can be on hook for damages for psychiatric injury
High Court 2024-03-12 3:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on whether employers should be on the hook for damages if they act negligently when dismissing a […]

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High Court won’t touch ruling on backdated wage increases
Employment 2024-03-12 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

A special leave application by the Catholic diocese fighting to overturn a Full Federal Court judgment that two school teachers were entitled to backdated pay […]

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High Court to hear KPMG’s class action transfer fight
High Court 2024-03-08 2:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

KPMG has won its application for the High Court to weigh in on the relevance of a contingency fee order in determining a bid to […]

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Clive Palmer takes fight over criminal cases to the High Court
Appeals 2024-02-21 10:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has asked the High Court to hear his challenge to a court’s finding that lawsuits he brought challenging two criminal cases […]

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High Court grants special leave in Ford class action over PowerShift transmissions
High Court 2024-02-14 1:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has granted special to leave to a class action against Ford over allegedly PowerShift transmissions, agreeing to hear the case alongside two […]

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Arbitration clause sending shipping dispute to UK not void, High Court finds
Arbitration 2024-02-14 11:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Adani subsidiary Carmichael Rail has lost its High Court challenge seeking to have a dispute over damaged steel rails heard in Australian Federal Court rather […]

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High Court takes up judicial immunity question in case against Family Court judge
High Court 2024-02-08 4:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has agreed to step in to hear an appeal of a ruling that put a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge on […]

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Airbags class action against Volkswagen suffers High Court loss
Appeals 2024-02-08 10:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has refused special leave in a failed class action against Volkswagen over allegedly defective Takata airbags. Lead plaintiff in the Quinn Emanuel-led […]

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