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Adverse finding against Judge Vasta would face ‘inevitable’ challenge, court hears
Courts 2021-06-24 4:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge hearing a lawsuit against Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta over alleged wrongful imprisonment has heard that a finding putting the Commonwealth on the hook for future jurisdictional errors by judges would meet an “inevitable” appeal.

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Silk on cutting-edge IP cases elevated to Federal Court
Courts 2021-06-10 10:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A top intellectual property barrister who has worked on cutting-edge cases that raise novel questions about the patentability of inventions has been appointed to the Federal Court.

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Class action barristers elevated to Victoria Supreme Court
Courts 2021-05-18 11:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The lead counsel in class actions against AMP and Vocation and a silk who worked on the landmark Black Saturday bushfire class actions are the latest judicial appointees to the Victoria Supreme Court, boosting the class action chops of the court’s bench.

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Judge Salvatore Vasta accused of abuse of power in second lawsuit by jailed litigant
Courts 2021-05-05 2:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

The owner of a Cairns tour company sentenced to 12 months’ jail for contempt of court by Federal Circuit Court judge Salvatore Vasta is seeking $2 million in damages in a lawsuit against the judge.

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Legal challenge to India travel ban would face high bar
COVID-19 2021-05-03 3:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

A controversial ban on Australians travelling home from India could face a legal attack for what some say is an unlawful overreaction to the COVID-19 crisis, but the prospects of success for any challenge are not clear, an expert tells Lawyerly.

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Divided appeals court says judge’s grilling of expert witness ‘quite involved’ but not excessive
Courts 2021-04-29 5:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court has split on whether a judge’s grilling of an expert witness in a personal injury case was appropriate, with the dissenting judge saying the questioning — which took up more than two-thirds of the cross examination — was excesssive, and hostile in parts.

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Report flags ‘alarming’ incidence of sexual harassment in SA legal profession
Business of Law 2021-04-20 10:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sexual harassment is alarmingly common throughout the legal profession in South Australia, according to a new report that details an assault by a former judge and harassing texts from a magistrate who told a lawyer while presiding over a case that he imagined her “kneeling between his legs at the bench”.

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Culture of Victorian courts ‘normalises’ sexual harassment, report finds
Courts 2021-04-19 1:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

A review of sexual harassment in Victorian courts sparked by the findings of an investigation into former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon has found a culture that can “normalise or ignore” bad behaviour by judges and others, with more than two dozen court staff reporting they had experienced sexual harassment, many on numerous occasions.

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QC for Bega in trade mark dispute elevated to Federal Circuit Court
Courts 2021-04-06 8:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Attorney-General has appointed three new judges to the busy Federal Circuit Court, including the barrister who represented Bega in a high-stakes trade mark lawsuit brought by a rival.

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Will women’s ‘lens’ lead to greater diversity in judicial appointments?
Courts 2021-03-31 11:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

Barristers and legal experts are calling on the new Attorney-General to actively commit to gender diversity when she begins to make appointments to the courts, as the federal government’s promise to put its decision making through a women’s “lens” raises hopes of more female judicial appointments to correct the imbalance on the bench.

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