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
ACT lawyer makes ‘nonsense’ claims to remain on roll
An ACT solicitor found guilty of 18 counts of misconduct made a number of strange and baseless claims in an attempt to overturn the decision that his name be removed from ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 14 Jan 2024
