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High Court won’t hear appeal in spat with law firm over $24.5M Melbourne development
Legal Ethics 2022-10-20 10:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined special leave to a former Rigby Cooke client who unsuccessfully challenged the law firm’s win in a dispute over a $24.5 million East Melbourne development.

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High Court hears case that could upend insolvency law at critical moment
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-10-19 4:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insolvency practitioners are holding their breath as the High Court hears a case that could abolish a key rule used by liquidators in recouping payments to unsecured creditors at a time when the industry is bracing for a possible recession.

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High Court won’t hear appeals in COVID-19 business interruption test cases
Insurance 2022-10-14 5:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court’s “radical” approach in the treatment of JobKeeper payments won’t be scrutinised by the High Court, which on Friday declined to hear an appeal by IAG in the second set of COVID-19 business interruption test cases.

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High Court dashes Kupang Resources’ bid to see ex-director’s tax docs
Tax 2022-10-13 3:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mineral exploration company Kupang Resources has lost its battle for access to documents produced to the ATO by a former director accused of embezzling millions of dollars.

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High Court ends BHP’s campaign to exclude foreign investors from class action
Class Actions 2022-10-12 11:58 am By Christine Caulfield

BHP Group has lost its High Court battle to keep foreign investors from an Australian shareholder class action over the devastating collapse of a Brazilian dam.

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Ads for new judges could be in store as AG vows transparent system for appointments
Courts 2022-10-12 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

The use of advertisements to find eager applicants to fill federal judicial vacancies has been foreshadowed by the Attorney-General as he promises to bring more transparency and integrity to the process for appointing judges.

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Mayfair’s James Mawhinney wants High Court to shut down ASIC case
Appeals 2022-10-12 9:43 pm By Sam Matthews

The founder of beleaguered investment group Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, has asked the High Court to overturn his own successful Full Court appeal of a decision that saw him banned from soliciting funds or promoting any financial product for 20 years.

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Law firm heads sing praises of ‘compassionate’ new High Court judge
High Court 2022-09-30 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

For many in the legal profession the choice of Justice Jayne Jagot to replace the outgoing Justice Patrick Keane on the High Court, heralding a new era of judicial diversity on the top bench, was hardly a surprise.

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Justice Jayne Jagot picked for High Court in historic appointment
High Court 2022-09-29 10:47 am By Cindy Cameronne

Federal Court Justice Jayne Jagot has been appointed as the seventh ever female Justice of the High Court, marking the first time in Australia’s history that a majority of judges on Australia’s top court are women.  

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Retiring High Court judge thanks Queensland lawyers for ‘gentle act of subversion’
High Court 2022-09-29 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court was ostensibly convened in his home state of Queensland to consider special leave applications, but something told Justice Patrick Keane that was not the full story.

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