A judge has adjourned an interlocutory application because of deficient pleadings in a class action brought against three medical device manufacturers and a former doctor on behalf of thousands of women who claim to have suffered lifelong complications from pelvic mesh implants.
A delegate of IP Australia has tossed opposition by veterinary pharmaceutical company Norbrook Laboratories to a patent by rival animal health specialist Bayer New Zealand for a bovine antiseptic treatment.
The shocking revelations about the complaints of sexual harassment of young female associates working for Justice Dyson Heydon in his years on the High Court have prompted many reactions and a collective sharing by women across the profession about their own personal experiences. These stories have been incredibly powerful and are a clear call to arms for significant and lasting change. Chief Justice Susan Kiefel set the tone by committing to the adoption of all recommendations of the investigator, but the reforms should not stop there, says Professor Andrew Lynch, the Head of School and Deputy Dean at UNSW Law.
A court has appointed provisional liquidators to the IPO Wealth Group, rejecting claims by the firm’s sole director that the move would severely damage his reputation and that of the wider Mayfair group.
Supermarket giant Woolworths has been hit with a $1 million infringement notice from the Australian Communications and Media Authority for what the regulator called “significant breaches” of spam laws.
Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News has failed in its appeal of a judgment that found it defamed Geoffrey Rush in articles that accused the Oscar-winning actor of sexually inappropriate behaviour, with an appeals court describing the stories as a “sensationalised tabloid crusade”.
Former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon can no longer practice as a barrister, after an investigation conducted by the court found he sexually harassed six female associates.
Police have arrested Titus Day, the former manager of pop star Guy Sebastian, over allegations he duped the singer out of $1.15 million over seven years.
Cleaning services giant Spotless must pay redundancy entitlements to a group of workers it sacked, after failing to convince a court of appeal that it was exempt from making the payments.
The courts are to be congratulated for swiftly adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic by introducing virtual hearings, but barristers told Lawyerly they were raring to get back to in-person hearings, and cited numerous disadvantages of holding complex matters online.
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