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Sydney lawyer’s defamation claims don’t pass serious harm test, appeals court finds
The Full Court has clarified that a prior bad reputation is relevant to determining whether a defamation plaintiff has suffered serious harm, tossing an appeal by a Sydney lawyer who lost her case over an article related to her conviction for an alleged $16,000 scam at David Jones, which was later overturned.
Stockbroker ordered to pay $1M in ASIC market-rigging case
Sydney stockbroker Adam Blumenthal has been ordered to pay close to $1 million after admitting to market rigging and breaching his duties as director of two companies -- including by arranging a $7 million loan to 'ASX Wolf' Tyson Scholz.
Surgeons to pay $25M to settle breast implants class action
A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute are set to pay $25 million to settle a class action brought on behalf of 13,500 patients who claim they were injured by botched breast augmentation surgery.
Solicitor accused of raising money for class action he never filed can’t dodge watchdog’s claims
A Sydney solicitor has lost his bid to summarily dismiss the legal watchdog’s case alleging he set up misleading crowdfunding pages seeking funding for class actions over government orders requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations, as well as another class action that was never filed.
Laing O’Rourke worker who took on irate Stayz hosts over work party unfairly sacked: court
A commercial leader at engineering and construction company Laing O’Rourke was unfairly dismissed over false claims he was offensive and aggressive towards Stayz hosts who complained about a late night work party, a judge has found.
Fintech BPay sues crypto platform Be Pay for trade mark infringement
Electronic payment solutions company BPAY has filed a lawsuit accusing crypto platform owner Be Pay Australia of infringing its BPAY trade mark.
Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, judge finds in win for Ten
A judge has found that former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins in ex-defence minister Linda Reynolds’ ministerial office, saying he was "indifferent to her consent", despite finding both witnesses had credit issues. 
Lehrmann judge condemns Ten solicitor who OK’d Lisa Wilkinson’s Logies speech
A judge has criticised a Network Ten solicitor who signed off on former presenter Lisa Wilkinson’s Logies speech, given on the eve Bruce Lehrmann's criminal trial, saying she had failed to appreciate her duties to the court.
Prominent Sydney barrister sexually harassed three women, tribunal finds
A tribunal has found prominent barrister Charles Waterstreet guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for sexually harassing three women, but declined to find he was unfit to practice after accepting expert evidence that undiagnosed mental illness “was the dominant causal factor" behind his actions.
High Court to weigh in on recovery of costs by self-repped law firms
The High Court has agreed to hear a case with implications for law firms that represent themselves in litigation, granting an appeal application by media mogul Bruce Gordon, a former client of Sydney firm Atanaskovic Hartnell.