Naomi Neilson

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Naomi Neilson is a senior journalist with a focus on court reporting for Lawyers Weekly, as well as other titles under the Momentum Media umbrella. She regularly writes about matters before the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Courts, the Civil and Administrative Tribunals, and the Fair Work Commission. Naomi has also published investigative pieces about the legal profession, including sexual harassment and bullying, wage disputes, and staff exoduses. You can email Naomi at: [email protected].

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Court questions funders’ access to Epic Games, Apple data

The Federal Court questioned whether litigation funders should receive data ahead of a 16-week trial brought by two class actions and a video game company against Apple ...

BIG LAW • Sun, 21 Jan 2024

Commonwealth settles Nauru child sexual assault case

The Commonwealth government has reached a settlement with an underage girl who was sexually assaulted in Nauru.

BIG LAW • Thu, 18 Jan 2024

Costs protection bill could expose courts to ‘unmeritorious’ litigation, Law Council warns

A bill designed to protect vulnerable people from adverse costs orders could be used by applicants to pursue “unmeritorious and protracted” litigation, the Law Council ...

BIG LAW • Thu, 18 Jan 2024

Gold Coast firm’s contentious legal fees questioned

A Queensland court investigated a local firm’s “obscure” costs agreement to determine whether there was a “natural break” between two contentious invoices for legal ...

SME LAW • Wed, 17 Jan 2024

Government considers laws for ‘high-risk’ AI

The Albanese government is considering AI-specific laws to act as a “mandatory guardrail” against the use of the high-risk technology.

BIG LAW • Wed, 17 Jan 2024

Controversial animosity clause in Tasmanian sex offender reforms cut

The Tasmanian government responded to the controversy around its plan to criminalise the incitement of animosity towards registered sex offenders by scrapping a key ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 16 Jan 2024

Solicitor removed from roll for accusing Chief Justice of corruption

A Victorian solicitor who made a number of “scandalous” and unfounded allegations about the Chief Justice and other judicial officers of the Supreme Court has been ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Jan 2024

Federal Court removes injunction on Santos’ Timor Sea project

A pipeline project in the Timor Sea will resume after the Federal Court rejected an argument the construction would damage sea country and cause “spiritual injury” to ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Jan 2024

COVID policies exposed flaw in human rights laws, HRLC says

If a Charter of Human Rights existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of concerning decisions and policies could have been avoided, the Human Rights Law Centre ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 15 Jan 2024

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