The High Court has overturned a controversial decision that put a judge on the hook for a manâs false imprisonment, finding that all judges are immune from civil suits for acts done in the performance of their judicial duties.
A judge has rejected Lendleaseâs argument that Queensland building legislation does not apply to cross-border works carried out at Gold Coast Airport, saying the builderâs construction of the law would require a âbolt-by-boltâ analysis of construction work.
The Supreme Court of Queensland has found that a 2021 direction for police officers to receive the COVID-19 vaccination was unlawful and a similar mandate for ambulance service workers had no effect.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer and two of his mining firms have lost a High Court challenge seeking to overturn a Western Australian law which prevented him from suing the state government for $30 billion over mining tenements in the Pilbara.
A group of Indigenous Australians opposed to Adani’s Carmichael coal mine in Queensland have lost an eleventh hour bid to add extra grounds to their native title appeal, as they wait for a decision from the Full Federal Court.