A judge has upheld the Council of the NSW Law Societyās decision to ban a solicitor for making posts from his firmās social media accounts representing that a judge condoned murder and rape, and encouraging people to flout mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal has struck down another challenge to a public health order mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers, saying it lacked the necessary jurisdiction to review the order’s merits.
A court has dismissed challenges to the New South Wales public health orders that made it mandatory for certain workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, declaring they did not breach workersā rights to bodily integrity.
The applicants in the Queensland floods class action have asked the High Court to overturn a judgment which found dam operator Seqwater was not liable because it was functioning as a public authority when operating two dams during the 2011 floods, arguing the case raises important issues about appeals in ‘mega’ litigation.
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
A judge has ruled legal challenges to orders requiring COVID-19 vaccines for certain workers in New South Wales are not exceptional enough to warrant the disclosure of cabinet documents, with the judge noting he did not think the state health minister’s orders made vaccines “mandatory”.
Thousands of emails have inundated the inbox of the judge overseeing legal challenges to the NSW health ministerās orders mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for certain workers, prompting a public warning against interfering with the administration of justice.
Cases challenging the NSW government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the state’s police officers, teachers and healthcare workers are exceptional enough to warrant production by the government of documents presented to state cabinet before the public health order, a court has heard.
A judge has set aside a subpoena that allegedly sought to āembarrass the New South Wales governmentā, in lawsuits contesting compulsory COVID-19 vaccination orders made by state health minister Brad Hazzard.
The Commonwealth does not have to hand over health advice given to the National Cabinet concerning Australiaās COVID-19 response and vaccine administration to the applicants in three lawsuits contesting compulsory vaccination orders by the NSW Health Minister.