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Lawyer who used ChatGPT for case citations referred to legal watchdog
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.
NT says court has no jurisdiction to hear COVID quarantine class action
The Northern Territory government is fighting a false imprisonment and wrongful death class action by the family of an Indigenous woman who died at a COVID-19 quarantine facility.
NSW Supreme Court relaxes blanket ban on AI
The NSW Supreme Court has relaxed its blanket ban on the use of AI in proceedings, clarifying its new rules don't apply to discovery or the generation of certain materials by closed model AI systems.
Citing class action, VCAT rejects MP’s bid for hotel quarantine docs
A bid by Victorian Liberal MP David Davis for documents on the state's hotel quarantine program has largely failed, with a tribunal finding their release could prejudice an ongoing class action.
Dominique Grubisa asks High Court to clarify accessorial liability
Wealth guru Dominque Grubisa wants the High Court to overturn a finding that she had actual knowledge her company's statements were misleading, saying the case raises unresolved questions about accessorial liability.
Former commercial silk joins Supreme Court bench
A former silk who also served as special counsel at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been elevated to the Supreme Court of Western Australia. 
Legal fees to eat up more than half of COVID-19 class action settlement
Legal fees will eat up more than half of a $3.5 million settlement reached in a class action over deaths at a NSW aged care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Hytera launches High Court challenge in IP dispute with Motorola
Radio manufacturer Hytera wants the High Court to hear its appeal of a finding that it misappropriated Motorola's source code in a case of "substantial industrial theft”.
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‘Back to the future’: High Court’s Pafburn decision sends construction litigation to 2002
A recent High Court decision that dealt a blow to builders and developers in NSW will usher in a return to a pre-2002 litigation regime, when plaintiffs only sued the parties with the deepest pockets, an expert has told Lawyerly. 
Gunns creditor returns to High Court in protracted spat with liquidators
A creditor of defunct forestry giant Gunns Plantations has filed a High Court challenge after it didn't pay the company a $1.2 million judgment that confirmed the peak indebtedness rule does not apply in insolvency law.