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Refugee’s appeal fails over hotel detention found by court to ‘lack humanity’
Human Rights 2024-04-26 2:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Kurdish refugee has lost his appeal seeking compensation for being kept in makeshift hotel detention centres for 14 months after a judge found the detention lacked “human decency” but was not unlawful.

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Clive Palmer’s case over compulsory examination an abuse of process, ASIC says
White Collar 2024-04-26 3:15 pm By Sam Matthews

The corporate regulator is seeking to stay proceedings brought by Clive Palmer challenging the lawfulness of a seven year-old compulsory examination being used in a criminal case against him, arguing the billionaire’s litigation is an abuse of process.

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X hit with extended injunction after allegedly disobeying order to hide church stabbing posts
Social Media 2024-04-24 3:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The eSafety commissioner has won a 16-day injunction against X after telling a court the social media platform had not complied with court orders to hide several posts that allegedly included videos of a stabbing at a Sydney church last week. 

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eSafety commissioner wins urgent injunction against X over Wakeley stabbing posts
Social Media 2024-04-22 11:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The eSafety commissioner has won a two-day injunction against social media platform X, forcing it to hide several posts that allegedly include videos of a stabbing at a Sydney church last week. 

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Aristocrat’s 6-year battle to patent Lightning Link poker machine ends in defeat
Intellectual Property 2024-04-12 9:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ruled gaming giant Aristocrat Technologies cannot patent its Lightning Link electronic poker machine, after six High Court Justices split on whether the popular game was eligible for patent protection.

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Postgrads class action faces knockout bid as UTS flags novel fight
Class Actions 2024-04-11 2:59 pm By Sam Matthews

An underpayments class action brought by postgraduate research candidates at the University of Sydney is facing another summary dismissal bid from the federal government, as the university foreshadows a novel argument that the group members are not employees.

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Damages trial in live export class action to push case into 11th year
Class Actions 2024-04-08 1:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A hearing in a class action to determine the extent of lost sales suffered by cattle exporters following a ban on live exports has been set down for April next year, making the case the oldest unresolved class action on the Federal Court docket.

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X to file legal challenge to removal notice from e-Safety Commissioner
Social Media 2024-04-03 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

X plans to challenge a notice from the e-Safety Commissioner ordering the Elon Musk-owned social media company to remove a post that criticised an expert on transgender health issues or face a $800,000 fine.

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CFMEU boycott case has ‘significant implications’ for industrial relations, High Court told
Appeals 2024-04-02 4:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The competition regulator has asked the High Court to correct the Full Court’s alleged error in overturning a finding that builder J Hutchinson and the union for construction workers violated competition laws by agreeing to boycott an independent subcontractor at a Brisbane building site.

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Liberty Group’s ‘trust silo’ not used to avoid tax on $98M, appeals court finds
Tax 2024-03-27 10:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In a loss for the Australian Taxation Office, an appeals court has found that the Liberty Group’s use of corporate and trust ‘silos’ was not an unlawful tax avoidance scheme.

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