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The New South Wales Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by defunct airline East-West Airlines against a flight attendant who inhaled smoke in an aircraft cabin 18 years ago. The New South Wales Dust Diseases Tribunal had previously awarded the flight attendant $139,000 in a world-first negligence...
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on Thu, Apr 8 2010
Filed under: practice and procedure, workers' compensation, parties, courts and tribunals
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Internet lobby group the Internet Industry Association (IIA) has failed in its bid to intervene in the copyright case against internet service provider iiNet. Cowdroy J of the Federal Court was not satisfied that the IIA's contribution was 'useful and different' from the assistance otherwise...
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on Mon, Nov 30 2009
Filed under: intellectual property, copyright, pactice and procedure, parties
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THE AUSTRALIAN Labor Party faired only marginally better than the Coalition in its plans for human rights and tort reforms, and both have disappointed on access to justice in this country, according to the peak body representing the legal profession. The Law Council of Australia (LCA) argues the major...
