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With constitutional issue on cards, Full High Court to hear KPMG’s class action transfer push
The Full High Court will sit for the hearing of KPMG’s battle to transfer a Victoria class action to Sydney, as the applicant in the case raises a question as to the constitutional validity of the firm's argument that the NSW Supreme Court is bound to keep a group costs order operative. 
Charges dropped against Victorian government over hotel quarantine program
Charges accusing Victoria's Department of Health of health and safety breaches during the state's hotel quarantine program have been dropped on the eve of trial, after the state succeeded in excluding evidence submitted to an inquiry into the disastrous program.
UniSuper accused of greenwashing over Transurban investment
The Environmental Defenders Office has lodged a complaint with ASIC on behalf of a member of UniSuper, accusing the Australian superannuation fund of greenwashing its products by mislabelling them as ‘sustainable’. 
Three barristers appointed to new Industrial Court in NSW
Two employment silks and a criminal barrister have been selected by the NSW government to serve on the state's restored Industrial Court.
ASIC wins ‘extraordinary’ asset freeze against crypto firm NGS
Australians who sank $21.2 million into crypto firm NGS Crypto, including their retirement savings, may have been misled about the safety of their investments, according to an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Class action pioneer from Maurice Blackburn will ‘strive for fair’ as new judge
As the head of Maurice Blackburn's class actions group he helped win hundreds of millions of dollars for claimants and shaped the jurisprudence around the practice. As the Victorian Supreme Court's newest judge, Andrew Watson has promised to keep up the fight for fair.
NSW court avoids mention of preferred pronouns in latest practice note
The NSW Supreme Court has issued a practice note on forms of address that fails to invite parties to inform the court of their preferred pronouns, unlike two other state courts, one of which came under fire from 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling last year.
High Court to decide if new duty of care for NSW builders is apportionable
The High Court is set to weigh in on a challenge to a precedent-setting decision that found breaches of statutory duty under a provision of the Design and Building Practitioners Act are not apportionable, in a case with significant ramifications for the NSW construction industry.
GLAD trash bags maker taken to court by ACCC for ‘50% ocean plastic’ claims
Clorox has been taken to court for alleged greenwashing, with the ACCC claiming the consumer goods giant misled customers into believing that a line of its GLAD trash bags were sourced from plastic recycled from the ocean.
Victoria Solicitor-General Rowena Orr appointed to appeals court
Senior counsel for the banking royal commission Rowena Orr KC has been appointed as a judge on Victoria's Court of Appeal, with class action silk Alistair Pound appointed to fill her shoes as the state's solicitor-general.