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NSW Police canā€™t appeal ruling on names in strip search class action
Appeals 2024-11-29 11:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW government can’t appeal a decision that denied its bid to subpoena the names of 2,316 registered group members in a class action over allegedly unlawful strip searches at music festivals.Ā 

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Former NSW premier Berejiklian loses challenge to ICAC’s ‘serious corrupt conduct’ finding
Public Corruption 2024-07-26 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The former premier of NSW, Gladys Berejiklian, has failed in her bid to quash the state corruption watchdog’s finding that she engaged in serious corrupt conduct in awarding funds to the district of her politician boyfriend.

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AMA loses in appeal over $4.8M smash repair acquisition
Appeals 2024-07-24 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two Gosford-based smash repair businesses have won an appeal in a dispute with AMA Group over the earn out amount the ASX-list company owed under an October 2018 agreement to purchase the companies for $4.8 million.

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Lawyer struck from roll after using funds from deceased estates
Legal Ethics 2024-06-20 11:02 pm By Andy Sidler

A Wollongong wills and estates solicitor has been struck from the roll, with the NSW Supreme Court finding it was warranted given the seriousness and extent of the offending, as well as the solicitor’s initial reticence to cooperate with the investigation.

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High Court asked to resolve appellate court split on class closure
High Court 2024-05-15 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has been asked to overturn a NSW Court of Appeal decision finding it had no power to exclude unregistered group members from a settlement, which conflicted with Federal Court precedent, hearing the divergence of the important issue ā€œcan only be resolved by the High Courtā€.

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Not ā€˜plainly wrong’: NSW appeals court sticks to guns on class closure
Class Actions 2024-04-17 1:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW Court of Appeal has said it has no power to exclude group members who do not sign up to a class action from participating in a settlement, upholding a controversial decision that the Full Federal Court said was ā€œplainly wrongā€.Ā 

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High Court to weigh in on recovery of costs by self-repped law firms
Business of Law 2024-04-15 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

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.

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ICAC’s findings against Berejiklian based on ā€˜depressing view of human lifeā€™, court told
Appeals 2024-02-26 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Appealing findings of serious corrupt conduct over her award of state funds to the district of then boyfriend and member of parliament Daryl Maguire, former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has told a court politicians can have “personal attachments” while still acting in the public interest.

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A fool for a client? NSW appeals court ruling a boon for self-repped law firmsĀ 
Legal Ethics 2024-01-05 8:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW Court of Appeal has issued a judgment contradicting a finding from its Victorian counterpart, ruling that law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell can recover costs for work done by its own solicitors in a lawsuit against a former client in which the firm represented itself.

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Surgeons lose appeal in breast implants class action
Appeals 2023-10-26 3:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute have lost a second bid to declass a representative proceeding on behalf of 13,500 patients who claim they were injured by botched breast augmentation surgery.

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