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The Chief Justice of South Australia has corrected JK Rowling’s “completely unfounded” fears about a new practice note relating to the use of preferred gender pronouns in the state’s courts, after the Harry Potter author took to Twitter to criticise it.
An investigation has been launched into a possible class action that would seek “housing justice” for Aboriginal tenants living in substandard public housing in Western Australia, following a landmark ruling by the High Court.
The government of Western Australia has agreed to pay up to $180.4 million to settle a class action on behalf of First Nations workers who were paid little or nothing over a 36-year period.
The former managing director of property developer Ralan Group could face up to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to six fraud offences over loans the defunct corporate group took out to fund several projects in Sydney.
Two Catholic school teachers are entitled to pay rises included in new enterprise agreements, despite resigning before they took effect, an appeals court has found.
Financial services provider Pioneer Credit has taken auditor PwC to court, claiming $32 million in loss and damages over its advice on how the company should value its financial assets.
A class action over a December 2019 fire that was allegedly ignited by welding work on a rural property in NSW and spread out of control has settled for $4.5 million.
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit over the $55 million sale of Queensland shopping centre brought by an arm of Elanor Investors Group, clearing the vendor and its agent of allegedly misleading or deceptive conduct.
The owner of Melbourne's iconic Hopetoun Tea Rooms, which opened its doors in the Block Arcade in 1892, has sued the historic shopping arcade for allegedly mimicking its business by opening a near-identical cafe in the same location.
A class action against the Northern Territory government has been sent back to the drawing board, with a judge striking out allegations that its funding of Aboriginal interpreting services discriminated against people in a remote Indigenous community.