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Sydney’s $3B light rail was a ‘train wreck’, class action trial told
Trials 2022-11-07 4:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of 3,500 business owners along Sydney’s light rail route has told a court that group members bore the brunt of the project’s delayed construction, described as “a train wreck which could be predicted from a mile away”.

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Class action barristers among new crop of Victorian silks
Business of Law 2022-11-03 3:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Twenty-three barristers have joined the ranks of senior counsel in Victoria, including lawyers who have helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars in class action settlements.

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‘Flagrant abuse’: Lawyer hit with costs for disclosing settlement talks
Legal Ethics 2022-11-03 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews

A lawyer has been hit with a personal costs order after filing “plainly prejudicial” documents with the court that caused the adjournment and re-listing of a five-day trial.

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Judge blames law firm for delays in Romeo’s class actions
Employment 2022-10-31 1:08 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s has rejected a bid for a private costs assessor by Adero Law, which will now go unpaid until at least January.

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Surgeon sues Nine, Fairfax for defamation
Defamation 2022-10-31 5:30 pm By Sam Matthews

A top orthopaedic surgeon and former NSW Australian of the year has sued Channel Nine and Fairfax for defamation over a recent 60 Minutes episode and articles that appeared in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.

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University of Sydney unfairly axed lecturer over swastika image, court finds
Employment 2022-10-28 11:47 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that the University of Sydney unlawfully terminated the employment of a political economy lecturer who was fired for conduct that included showing students a slide of a Nazi swastika superimposed on the Israeli flag.

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Barrister once ‘cruelly’ rebuked by judge now banned for practising without certificate
Legal Ethics 2022-10-27 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Queensland silk who was subjected to comments by the late Judge Guy Andrew that an appeals court later deemed cruel and humiliating has been barred from practice after allegedly appearing in court without a practising certificate.

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Judge doubts if case over NSW police strip searches should run as class action
Class Actions 2022-10-27 1:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has cast doubt on whether a class action against the state of NSW over police strip searches at 50 music festivals should be run as a representative proceeding, telling the state to decide whether to file a de-classing application “sooner rather than later”.

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Receptionist in Tim Paine sexting saga can’t bring harassment case against Cricket Tasmania
Employment 2022-10-27 10:16 am By Cindy Cameronne

A former receptionist who allegedly suffered sexual harassment by Australian cricket players and managers has lost her bid to bring her case against Cricket Tasmania out of time, despite her claims of suffering ill mental health.

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Judge rejects recusal bid in barrister’s disciplinary case for ‘none of your business’ remark
Legal Ethics 2022-10-26 3:42 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has refused to recuse herself from hearing disciplinary proceedings brought against a barrister over complaints that she used “judicially inappropriate words” at an interlocutory hearing.

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