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Digital currency exchange Block Earner needed a licence to offer its crypto-backed Earner product, a court has found in one of the first decisions on the application of financial services law to crypto investments.
Judge says settlement offers should operate as bulwark against costs in class actions
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A judge has held that there could be favourable costs consequences for Carnival if its rejected $15 million settlement offer in the Ruby Princess class action turns out to be more generous than the ultimate damages award, departing from a previous ruling that so-called Calderbank offers do not operate in group proceedings.
‘Smoke and mirrors’: Court puts spotlight on public servant pay workarounds in BOM exec’s case
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A former Bureau of Meteorology senior executive was unfairly fired after taking a business-class trip to Paris, a court has found in a case that shines a light on the practice by government agencies to get around remuneration limits on public servants.
Freight operators have a cow over port direction holding up vessel with $5.2M in cattle
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Two marine freight companies have lost a fight with a local council which refused to allow it to unload 3,000 head of cattle at Apollo Bay in Victoria, with a judge finding they were “the architects of their own misfortune” for striking a deal with a beef company before securing permission to berth at the port.
Lawyerly’s 2024 editorial advisory committee
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Calling all avid Lawyerly readers! Lawyerly is seeking nominations for its inaugural editorial advisory committee in 2024.
High Court takes up judicial immunity question in case against Family Court judge
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The High Court has agreed to step in to hear an appeal of a ruling that put a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge on the hook for a man’s false imprisonment.
Detainees to launch class action against government in Federal Court
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Asylum seekers who were put in immigration detention in South Australia can transfer their cases to the Federal Court to run their claims as a class action accusing the federal government of negligence and unlawful detention.
New judge praised as ‘universally popular’, ‘one of the best’
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The NSW Supreme Court has welcomed its newest judge, who was praised by his peers as “universally popular” for his warm personality and among the best tax silks in the country.
Airbags class action against Volkswagen suffers High Court loss
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The High Court has refused special leave in a failed class action against Volkswagen over allegedly defective Takata airbags.
High Court won’t hear ex-Greenwoods partner’s appeal in Lendlease whistleblower case
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A former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner who alleges he was sacked for complaining about Lendlease’s “aggressive taxation position” has lost a bid to argue before the High Court that his claims are covered by new whistleblower protections.