Defence minister Peter Dutton has given evidence of his “hurt” at trial in a defamation case over a tweet accusing him of being a rape apologist, while the judge presiding over the hearing has warned lawyers for the tweeter to act as solicitors not “supporters”.
Carnival has launched a challenge to last month’s court finding that overseas passengers could remain group members in a class action over the 2020 Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak.
After more than a year-and-a-half of virtual trials, Australiaās barristers have adapted and come up with the best techniques to maintain an edge when cross-examining witnesses in the virtual courtroom.
The New South Wales government has accused anti-vaccination advocates of having a āmisguidedā and āone-dimensional focusā on the fundamental rights of the individual over those of a community contending with the highly-contagious Delta variant of COVID-19.Ā
Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is fighting to shield medical records Fairfax says should be made public to āsafeguard open justiceā, as trial in his defamation case against the publisher faces further delay due to COVID-19 border restrictions.
A judge has spoken of his personal challenge as an āolder, white maleā in deciding the objective meaning of racism in Nine Network sports reporter Erin Molanās defamation case, and said the matter would have been worthy of a trial by jury.
Health experts have told a court hearing a challenge to a requirement that certain workers get the COVID-19 jab that vaccinations are an effective tool in the fight against the coronavirus, despite the global surge of ābreakthroughā infections caused by the outbreak of the highly-infectious Delta strain.
Oil and gas producer Santos has successfully challenged the summary dismissal of its claim for recovery of more than $470 million paid to contractor Fluor Corporation in overhead costs incurred after the estimated completion date of gas hubs in the Surat Basin.
A judge overstepped in throwing out a class action against two National Australia Bank units over alleged MySuper mismanagement because of a carveout in the Victorian Supreme Court Act which bars class actions involving trust property, an appeals court has heard.
A judge hearing a price-fixing case against steel giant BlueScope has overruled an objection to the ACCCs barrister’s allegedly excessive “eye-rolling” and “scathing and sarcastic” manner during a cross-examination in which the company’s general manager was accused of lying under oath.