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Applicant to get $100K in declassed COVID-19 business interruption case
Class Actions 2025-07-22 11:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The applicant in one of four declassed COVID-19 business interruption class actions has reached a settlement under which it will receive $100,000 and the funder the backed the case will pay $1 million towards Insurance Australia’s costs.

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Judge raises concerns Blue Sky shareholder class action ‘drifting’
Class Actions 2025-07-21 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has expressed worries that a class action against EY and collapsed Blue Sky Alternative Investments is “drifting” amid concerns from the defendants about “indulgent” discovery and potentially “significant” pleading changes.

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You can’t have someone else’s day in court: Judge proposes solution to ‘litigious morass’
Courts 2025-07-16 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The legal watchdog’s latest case against the owners of a Melbourne law firm — part of countless “collateral” proceedings between the parties — should be fixed for a final hearing ASAP, a judge has said.

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Former NT Supreme Court judge to face harassment complaint by associate
Courts 2025-07-09 11:09 am By Cindy Cameronne

The Northern Territory government has lost its bid to block a sexual harassment complaint against a former judge of the state’s Supreme Court by his female associate. 

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Latest NSW Supreme Court judge ready for his close-up
Courts 2025-07-08 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Recently appointed NSW Supreme Court Justice Paul McGuire, who spent two years as a district court judge, has been lauded as the ideal candidate to star in training videos for new judges due to his courteous manner and restraint from performative flourishes.

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Public court lists not ‘free for all’, tribunal says in privacy loss for publisher
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-07 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

A tribunal has found a company that scrapes court databases broke privacy laws by failing to remove a litigant’s name after charges against her were dropped, saying the public nature of court lists doesn’t make republication a “free for all”.

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Victorian Bar defends Supreme Court judges on delivery times
Business of Law 2025-07-04 11:47 pm By Sam Matthews

The Victorian Bar has hit back at media reporting around the management of commercial litigation by Australian courts which singled out judges of the Supreme Court, saying “statistics never tell the whole story”.

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State blasts ‘magical thinking’ of hotel quarantine class action
Class Actions 2025-07-03 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria has attacked the “magical thinking” of a class action over its COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle, as the applicants seek to plead an alternative case holding the state responsible for a wave of infections.

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Katy Perry says Full Court got it right in trade mark spat with designer
Intellectual Property 2025-07-02 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

Singer Katy Perry has asked the High Court to uphold the Full Court’s decision to knock out the ‘Katie Perry’ mark of an Australian fashion designer, as it gears up to hear an appeal raising issues about the construction of key provisions of the Trade Marks Act.

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High Court asked to review price cut on land acquired for Melbourne freeway
High Court 2025-07-03 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

The owners of land acquired to build a Melbourne freeway have asked the High Court to overturn an “erroneous” appeals court decision which left them with $2 million for land worth over $30 million, saying the case raises important questions about the Land Acquisition and Compensation Act. 

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