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A court has signed off on a $2.4 million settlement in a class action against Carnival over a seven-day South Pacific voyage that sailed into a Category 5 cyclone.

The Albanaese government has announced it will ban foreign investors from buying established homes for two years and also take steps to crack down on land banking.

Lawyers will struggle to hold providers of legal artificial intelligence services liable for negligence but the situation may change as the technology becomes more sophisticated, experts have told Lawyerly. 

The Albanese government has passed a new law aimed at preventing a repeat of the Robodebt scandal, making it an offence for federal agency heads to impede an investigation by the Commonwealth watchdog. 

Former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham has appealed a defamation judgment for independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, arguing a homophobic tweet was not likely to cause serious harm to Greenwich’s reputation.

A frequent advisor to the Commonwealth and government ministers will join Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canberra office after 13 years at HWL Ebsworth. 

New rules requiring strata managers to disclose conflicts of interests and kickbacks to owners have come into effect in New South Wales.

WiseTech Global's embattled founder Richard White has been hit with a lawsuit by a former employee and is the subject of two fresh complaints made to the software company.

Law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has appointed a former Lander & Rogers consultant to lead its property insurance team.

The Senate has waved through a component of the Albanese government's plans to support the green energy transition, approving tax credits for clean energy and critical minerals production.