A judge has given the green light to a $75 million settlement in Tasmania’s first class action, brought against the state by former child detainees of the Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
A Tasmanian Supreme Court judge found guilty of assaulting and emotionally abusing his fiance has avoided jail time, but faces removal from the bench if he doesn’t step down.
The Museum of Old and New Art has won its bid to exclude men from its ‘Ladies Lounge’ exhibit, which a judge found promoted equal opportunity by providing a “flipped universe”.
The Tasmanian government has agreed to settle a class action on behalf of former child detainees of the state’s Ashley Youth Detention Centre alleging decades of systemic negligence by management.
Former Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron has been fined $8,000 after being found guilty of two counts of breaching the Corporations Act for failing to disclose her stake in the baby formula company.
The leader of an abusive New Age cult operating out of northern NSW has lost her defamation case against a former follower who wrote a tell-all book about her experiences, after a judge found she was a “dishonest and unreliable” witness.
Former Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron has been found guilty of two counts of breaching the Corporations Act, following an investigation by the corporate regulator over her failure to disclose her stake in the baby formula company.
The peak body for Australian judges has condemned an inquiry into a Supreme Court Justice reportedly charged with assault, saying that it will have sweeping powers that interfere with the judiciary’s independence and violate “basic notions of fairness”.
A court has barred a law firm from acting in a partnership dispute because one of its solicitors could be a material witness in the case, finding there was a potential conflict between the duty of loyalty the lawyer owed to his clients and his obligation to be honest with the court.
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.