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The High Court’s growing interest in the class action landscape
As class action litigation continues to evolve in Australia, a partner from a global law firm examines the increasing...
04 February 2025
By Grace Robbie
‘Landmark’ High Court ruling clarifies reliance damages matters
A recent decision by the High Court carries profound significance for future contract law cases and the assessment of...
14 May 2024
By Grace Robbie
Barrister suspended for kissing, texting family law judge
A West Australian counsel who had a “close personal relationship” with the judge presiding over her client’s...
13 May 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Precedent-setting insolvency cases and their impact on the profession
Johnson Winter Slattery (JWS) has launched the newest edition of its insolvency and restructuring Case Summaries...
08 April 2024
By Lauren Croft
Justice Jackman: ‘Deeply troubling’ limits on the duty of utmost good faith
In a recent speech, the Honourable Ian McNeil Jackman outlined five “limits” on the duty of utmost good faith –...
26 February 2024
By Lauren Croft
Electric vehicle tax invalid under Constitution, High Court finds
Victorian owners of electric vehicles successfully persuaded a full bench of the High Court that a tax imposed on the...
19 October 2023
By Naomi Neilson
Qantas, TWU enter mediation to decide compensation
Qantas and the Transport Workers Union will begin mediation with the aim of reaching a compensation agreement for the...
20 September 2023
By Naomi Neilson
Gageler will bring a ‘wealth of experience’ as High Court CJ, say legal orgs
Legal bodies and organisations across the country have congratulated the new Chief Justice of the High Court and paid...
24 August 2023
By Lauren Croft
Stephen Gageler named as new High Court Chief Justice
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus have appointed the 14th Chief Justice of the High...
22 August 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Party involved in High Court scandal unsuccessfully complains about lawyers
One of the parties involved in a High Court scandal involving a relationship between a judge and a barrister has...
07 August 2023
By Naomi Neilson
NZ chief judges move to address concerns for lawyers’ wellbeing
The chief judges of both the High Court and District Court in New Zealand have taken the “unusual step” of writing...
31 July 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Practice management musings and High Court rulings: What’s hot in law this week (10-14 Apr)
Headline hurdles for the daily operations of law firms have been at the forefront this past week, while the nation’s...
15 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Thousands of visa applicants affected by High Court ruling’
Supposedly, thousands of visa decisions have been brought into question by a High Court ruling that found the...
14 April 2023
By Jess Feyder
High Court decision will enhance Australia’s reputation as pro-arbitration
Yesterday’s unanimous decision by the nation’s highest court affirms Australia’s international standing “as an...
13 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Farmers appeal to High Court in shattercane class action
A High Court appeal has been lodged this week in relation to a class action battle for alleged contamination of sorghum...
13 April 2023
By Lauren Croft
‘Set-off is dead in the water as a defence to a preference claim’ following High Court ruling
A recent judgment handed down by the High Court has confirmed that a set-off cannot be used by a creditor as a defence...
15 February 2023
By Jess Feyder
Will High Court ruling harm or help SMEs?
The two law firms acting in a landmark case have offered varying opinions on whether the abolition of the Peak...
10 February 2023
By Jess Feyder
Federal judicial commission could consider complaints about current, former judges
The Albanese government is seeking submissions on the proposed national watchdog for the judiciary, which it offered...
18 January 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Kiefel CJ reflects on ‘undoubtedly significant decisions’ in High Court’s history
The UNSW Law & Justice fraternity has hosted the annual Hal Wootten Lecture, delivered this year by Chief Justice...
05 December 2022
By Lauren Croft
Qantas succeeds in bid to take outsourcing appeal to High Court
The national airline has won the right to a final appeal against the Federal Court’s ruling that it was wrong to...
23 November 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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