Most Recent
X appeals eSafety’s win over child exploitation notice
Appeals 2024-11-04 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

X Corp is going to the Full Federal Court with its challenge to an infringement notice by eSafety over the social media platform’s handling of child exploitation material.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

ACT government wants out of public housing class action
Class Actions 2024-08-19 12:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of public housing tenants who were allegedly forced to relocate is facing a bid for summary judgment by the ACT government, which claims it is not the correct respondent.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

NT public housing body moves to throw out class action’s racial discrimination claims
Discrimination 2024-05-20 11:32 pm By Andy Sidler

The Northern Territory public housing authority has moved to throw out a class action’s claims that it engaged in racial discrimination by failing to maintain public housing in remote Aboriginal communities. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

High Court says distress, disappointment compensable under Tenancy Act
High Court 2023-11-01 5:25 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has found that tenants can be compensated for distress and disappointment caused by a landlord’s failure to meet a statutory requirement to maintain the security of a property, in a case brought by an elderly tenant from a remote Indigenous community whose house had no back door for over five years.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

EPA did not have to consider greenhouse gas emissions in coal licence renewal, court finds
Environment 2022-12-21 10:43 pm By Sam Matthews

The Victoria Supreme Court has dismissed a bid to quash the Environment Protection Authority’s decision to renew the mining licences of the state’s three remaining coal power stations, in a test case for the state’s Climate Change Act.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Victoria’s EPA ignored climate change law in renewing power station licences, suit says
Environment 2021-09-23 10:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Victoria’s environment watchdog has been taken to court over its decision to renew the licences of the state’s three remaining coal power stations, a test case under the state’s Climate Change Act and the latest in a series of climate lawsuits.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

‘Confusing and confused’: Judge throws out Nauru detention class action
Class Actions 2020-08-24 4:06 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A judge has dismissed a class action accusing Government ministers of misfeasance in public office over the practice of securing Nauruan visas for those detained on the island.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?