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Obeids, Macdonald ask High Court to toss convictions for bid-rigging
Appeals 2025-02-06 11:10 pm By Andy Sidler

Jailed former Labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, have asked the High Court to toss their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.

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Legal body pans Labor’s mandatory sentencing proposal for hate crimes
Policy and Regulation 2025-02-06 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Australia’s peak legal body has slammed the Albanese government’s latest proposal to reform hate speech laws, which would create new offences and introduce mandatory minimum jail terms.

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Gilbert + Tobin lures Dentons partner to build securitisation practice
People In The News 2025-02-06 10:13 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Gilbert + Tobin has welcomed partner Stanley Mok to its banking and infrastructure practice in the firm’s Sydney office.

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Contingency fee rates on rise as nearly 30 law firms get in on action: report
Exclusive 2025-02-05 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

The rate of contingency fees granted out of the gate in class actions in Victoria’s Supreme Court has shot up, and more than two dozen law firms are now vying for their chance at a tidy payday, according to a new report.

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High Court to rule on when ‘uncommon’ land use amounts to nuisance in light rail class action
Article 2025-02-07 11:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on when uncommon use of land amounts to a nuisance in a class action by small business owners over Sydney’s light rail construction.

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Lawyer who used ChatGPT for case citations referred to legal watchdog
AI 2025-02-04 5:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A lawyer who included ‘hallucinated’ citations from ChatGPT in material submitted to the court in a migration appeal has been referred to the NSW Legal Services Commissioner.

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Wotton Kearney lures Clayton Utz lawyer to expand government practice
Business of Law 2025-02-04 11:57 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Public sector expert and experienced litigator Clare McNamara has joined Wotton Kearney as a partner in the firm’s Canberra office.

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String of class action trial losses no predictor of 2025, experts say
Analysis 2025-02-03 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

A spate of class action victories for corporate defendants might encourage more companies to take their chances at trial, but the fact-specific nature of the judgments means little more can be drawn from the failure of the cases.

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Victoria’s inquiry into regional housing crisis gets underway
Victoria 2025-02-05 11:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

A state parliament inquiry is underway into the supply of homes in regional Victoria amid a critical housing shortage.

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Johnson Winter Slattery snags health and safety ace from Clyde & Co
Business of Law 2025-02-03 4:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A health and safety law specialist has joined Johnson Winter Slattery as partner after working at Clyde & Co for almost a decade.

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