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‘Like a loaded gun’: Ben Roberts-Smith in danger of reprisals from Taliban, court hears
Ben Roberts-Smith faces potential reprisal from the Taliban as a soldier accused of war crimes, a judge has been told as she hears a dispute over the release of documents on four key Afghani witnesses set to testify in his upcoming defamation trial.
Ben Roberts-Smith flags ‘serious concerns’ about potential unlawful conduct by Fairfax
Ben Roberts-Smith has raised “serious concerns” in his defamation case against Fairfax that the media company may have unlawfully published classified material he allegedly buried in his backyard, with the war veteran asking for an explanation of where it came from.
Settlement reached in former real estate partner’s feud with Piper Alderman
Piper Alderman has settled a dispute with a former partner who claimed the law firm discriminated against her when she was ousted from the partnership.
Law firm settles former partner’s sex discrimination case on day of trial
Law firm Hicksons Lawyers has reached a last-minute settlement to resolve sex discrimination claims brought by a female former partner who claims she was denied a promotion to equity partner because of her gender.
Lawyer gets greenlight to file late defamation suit against Ten
A Sydney solicitor has won an extension of time to file a defamation case against Network Ten after an appeals court found he had valid reason for not bringing the case by the one-year deadline -- fighting criminal charges that were eventually dropped.
Viagogo wins stay of $7M penalty after evidence of COVID-19’s ‘catastrophic’ impact
Crying poor during COVID-19, Viagogo has won a temporary stay of a $7 million penalty imposed by a court that found the ticket reseller misled customers on an “industrial scale”.
David Leyonhjelm loses appeal of $120,000 defamation award to Sarah Hanson-Young  
Former senator David Leyonhjelm has lost his appeal of a ruling ordering him to pay $120,000 to Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young for defaming her in a series of interviews in 2018.
ACCC’s cartel case against crane company incoherent, court told
The ACCC's cartel case against family-owned crane company NQCranes suffers from 'incoherence', the company's counsel told the Federal Court on Monday ahead of an application to strike out a large portion of the regulator's case.
Viagogo seeks stay of $7M penalty, citing ‘catastrophic effect’ of COVID-19 pandemic
Ticket reseller Viagogo is seeking a stay of a $7 million penalty in litigation brought by the ACCC in light of the "catastrophic effect" of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the company appeals a court's finding that it misled customers on an "industrial scale".
ACCC’s conduct in cartel case ‘troubling’, says lawyer for NQCranes
Counsel for Queensland-based NQCranes has lashed out at the ACCC for seeking to amend its cartel action against the crane company, telling a court the regulator had been warned for months that the case was deficient.