Judge, Commonwealth to pay man $300k for false imprisonment
A federal judge, the state of Queensland, and the Commonwealth have been ordered to pay just under $310,000 in damages for the false imprisonment of a man on an “invalid” ...
BIG LAW • Wed, 30 Aug 2023
ABC’s public interest defence not freedom to ‘mislead’, barrister says
High-profile defamation barrister Sue Chrysanthou slammed ABC’s reporting about a former special forces soldier and said its public interest defence does not give it the ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 29 Aug 2023
AMP hit with penalty in BOLR class action
The Federal Court has handed down a penalty to AMP after it found the wealth giant was not authorised to make immediate changes to its buyer of last resort scheme.
BIG LAW • Tue, 29 Aug 2023
Outgoing DPP Shane Drumgold launches proceedings against ACT board of inquiry
Shane Drumgold, the ACT’s outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions, has commenced legal proceedings against a board of inquiry that made “several serious findings of ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 29 Aug 2023
Media cautioned for defence in Lehrmann defamation case
A Federal Court judge has cautioned the media defendants in former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against running multiple defences alongside the new ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 28 Aug 2023
Former Qantas employee’s fight against ‘grave injustice’ comes to end
A former Qantas customer service manager’s sexual harassment complaints against the airline has been dismissed, likely putting an end to her decades-long fight for ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 28 Aug 2023
Law student caught with guns makes plea for employment
An aspiring solicitor convicted of possessing unregistered guns has asked a tribunal to approve his employment at a boutique firm.
BIG LAW • Sun, 27 Aug 2023
Ben Roberts-Smith to appeal Australia’s biggest defamation case
Ben Roberts-Smith will appeal Australia’s biggest defamation case in the hopes of overturning a finding that he murdered four men.
BIG LAW • Fri, 25 Aug 2023
Queensland principal lawyer suspended for false file notes
A Queensland principal lawyer who falsified file notes and dishonestly instructed his solicitor has been suspended.
BIG LAW • Thu, 24 Aug 2023
