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Legal privilege over jab mandate advice waived with counsel’s failure to object, court says
COVID-19 2022-06-17 9:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ruled that a senior Queensland police official waived legal professional privilege during cross examination, allowing the plaintiffs in a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination challenge to see legal advice about the jab direction by the Crown Solicitor.

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Judge slams Andrews government for ‘opaque cover-up’ in hotel quarantine class action
COVID-19 2022-06-07 6:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has criticised the Andrews government for withholding information about the alleged transmission of COVID-19 to a security guard working in hotel quarantine in a class action claiming lapses in the program caused Victorian businesses to suffer losses. 

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Victoria’s triple-zero operator faces class action investigation
Class Actions 2022-05-24 10:30 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Victoria’s Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority may be hit with a class action over alleged systemic failures in its ambulance call handling operations that may have led to at least 15 deaths.

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AEC fixes phone voting anomaly for COVID-positive voters after court threat
Policy and Regulation 2022-05-20 9:17 am By Christine Caulfield

Availability of phone voting for the federal election has been extended for people isolating with COVID-19, following threatened legal action by high profile teal independent Monique Ryan.

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Independent Monique Ryan to bring court action for COVID-positive voters
Policy and Regulation 2022-05-19 10:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Popular independent candidate Dr Monique Ryan — who is contesting Josh Frydenberg’s seat of Kooyong — is lodging legal action for tens of thousands of COVID sufferers who won’t be able to vote in the federal election.

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Andrews government tries again to strike out hotel quarantine class action
Class Actions 2022-05-18 9:30 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria has asked a court to strike out a class action alleging lapses in its hotel quarantine program caused businesses to suffer losses when stage three and four COVID-19 restrictions were put in place between July and August 2020.

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High Court won’t hear case by Victorian anti-lockdown protestor
High Court 2022-05-13 10:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An anti-lockdown protestor’s application to have the High Court hear a challenge to the dismissal of her lawsuit over Victoria’s stay-at-home orders has been rejected, with the justices saying the case should be heard by the state’s Court of Appeal.

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Court accepts Ramsay Health in-house counsel ‘drowning in work’ during COVID-19
Legal Ethics 2022-05-11 9:00 pm By Sam Matthews

Ramsay Health Care Australia has been let off the hook for using emails subpoenaed in a defamation case between two feuding surgeons at one of its hospitals, with a judge accepting that an in-house lawyer was “mortified” by her mistake and was “drowning in work” at the time.

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‘Pyrrhic victory’ for unvaxxed aged care worker unfairly sacked: FWC
Employment 2022-05-02 10:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Fair Work Commission has found that aged care provider Baptcare unfairly dismissed an employee for refusing to comply with the company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy, but declined to order any remedies in a “pyrrhic victory” for the worker.

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Australian Grand Prix sued for $8.7M over cancelled 2020 Formula One concert
COVID-19 2022-04-04 8:51 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Grand Prix Corporation has been sued by a UK entertainment company alleging the COVID-19 related cancellation of the 2020 Melbourne Formula One led to $8.7 million in losses after a related a concert featuring superstar Robbie Williams was also scrapped.

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