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Bruce Lehrmann won’t recall Brittany Higgins over recorded chat between lawyer, fiancé
Defamation 2023-12-15 1:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bruce Lehrmann will not call Brittany Higgins back to the witness box in his defamation trial against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilksinon to give evidence on a secret recording of a conversation between her fiancé and solicitor.

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Virgin bondholders say indemnity unlawfully holding up class action
Class Actions 2023-12-15 10:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An investor class action against Virgin Australia has mounted a new challenge to a contentious indemnity clause, which the airline claims entitles it to receive periodic payments for its legal costs in defending the claims.

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Judge in Lehrmann case wants to see Lisa Wilkinson’s legal advice on Logies speech
Trials 2023-12-14 1:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson has asked to see the legal advice Wilkinson received before giving her Logies acceptance speech last year, saying it was “inconceivable” any lawyer would have approved it.

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Sydney light rail class action judge fears ‘opening a can of worms’ in siloing funder’s 40% cut
Class Actions 2023-12-13 9:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead plaintiff in a class action over Sydney’s light rail construction, who is seeking a $3 million judgment, has brought a novel bid for the NSW government to pay a funder’s 40 per cent commission as damages, rather than as a deduction from the amount owed to group members.

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Lawyers who don’t embrace AI ‘will be left behind’, experts say
Business of Law 2023-12-12 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Generative artificial intelligence will completely transform the legal industry, potentially decimating the billable hour in the process, and experts say practitioners who don’t embrace the technology will be swiftly replaced by those who do.

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Kerry Stokes ‘in the dark’ about costs in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case, court told
Nicholas Owens 2023-12-12 10:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Billionaire Kerry Stokes and Nine-owned Fairfax are fighting about how to calculate costs for Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation case after the Seven West Media chair agreed to foot the legal bill on an indemnity basis.

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Federal agency faces landmark lawsuit over environmental reporting
Environment 2023-12-12 10:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A government entity that subsidises fossil fuel projects is facing a novel lawsuit alleging it failed to disclose the full environmental and climate impacts of its activities. 

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‘I could not have consented’: Brittany Higgins allegedly told colleague
Trials 2023-12-11 11:37 am By Cindy Cameronne

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins told a colleague she “could not have consented” to a sexual encounter with Bruce Lehrmann in Parliament House, a court has heard.

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Controversial lip reading expert must fly to Australia for Lehrmann trial
Defamation 2023-12-11 10:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A lip reading expert who has examined CCTV footage of Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins on the night of her alleged rape at Parliament House must give evidence in person, with a judge saying if the expert needs an interpreter for cross-examination it could affect the weight given to his evidence. Lehrmann is suing Network…

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Inquiry into judge a ‘flagrant interference’ by executive, group says
Legal Ethics 2023-12-08 10:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The peak body for Australian judges has condemned an inquiry into a Supreme Court Justice reportedly charged with assault, saying that it will have sweeping powers that interfere with the judiciary’s independence and violate “basic notions of fairness”.

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