Justice Stephen McDonald hung up his pithy Tweets on his appointment to the Federal Court, but the new judge’s talent for wordplay may yet find an outlet on the bench.
The top judge in Victoria who steered the Supreme Court through the COVID-19 pandemic is stepping down after 14 years on the bench.
Media mogul Bruce Gordon says a costs dispute with Atanaskovic Hartnell should be paused until the High Court has its say on a key issue.
The legal profession has paid tribute to former South Australia Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Blue, who died in a tractor accident on a farm south of Adelaide over the weekend.
The High Court has rejected a liquidator’s appeal arguing that two NSW printing press companies’ joint right to sue could be pooled to pay off debts for the entire corporate group.
The former inspector-general of intelligence and security and has launched an investigation into a former Federal Court judge after a former staff member made a complaint.
The High Court has agreed to hear NSW Forestry’s challenge to a decision that found it could be sued by an environmental group for allegedly breaching environmental laws, a case that raises questions about standing in civil enforcement proceedings.
The prudential regulator has filed court action against First Super co-chair and CFMEU manufacturing division boss Michael O’Connor, alleging he breached his director’s duties under superannuation laws when he hired a union official to work for the fund.
The High Court has agreed to weigh in on the genuine redundancy exclusion under unfair dismissal laws, taking up an appeal of a Federal Court ruling that found employers must first consider redeployment.
The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a former HWL Ebsworth client seeking to revive a decision that found the law firm’s bad advice over property in Parramatta’s ‘Auto Alley’ cost it $2 million.