The High Court has rejected a bid by a group of insurers to weigh in on a test case against COVID-19 related claims in business interruption policies, following a high stakes loss in the NSW Court of Appeal, which found an infectious disease exclusion did not apply.
A dozen group members can opt out of Maurice Blackburn’s Roundup class action against Monsanto and switch to a competing class action being run by Sydney-based LHD Lawyers that was closed and temporarily stayed in May last year.
The High Court on Friday denied special leave to three unions representing Qantas workers that sought to challenge a Federal Court ruling for the airline in a dispute over the operation of last year’s COVID-19 JobKeeper wage subsidy.
The High Court has declined to hear a case that challenges the power of judges to make common fund orders at the close of litigation, a challenge the Federal Court had labelled “hypothetical”.
The dossier by the woman who accused former Attorney-General Christian Porter of rape has been made public in a case brought by the woman’s friend against his star defamation barrister.
Law firms are ordering staff in their Sydney offices to work from home if possible and avoid face-to-face meetings as the state’s new rules requiring masks at all indoor workplaces takes effect.
With roots in middle-class Canberra, Adero Law’s managing director Rory Markham takes pride in his role reinvigorating the industrial relations class action and putting pressure on companies to pay their staff on time and in full.
Deloitte has agreed to settle a $3.8 million lawsuit brought by a partner that challenged the accounting firm’s mandatory retirement policy.
The chief judges of three of the country’s top courts say virtual hearings, including through the use of popular livestream technology, will be around long after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court that he exchanged emails with SAS witnesses about a compound where he was alleged to have murdered a man with a prosthetic leg in the lead-up to his defamation trial.
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