The High Court has ruled that the “direct and far-reaching ramifications” of a contract between the federal government and Tasmania’s two major airports justifies an order for declaratory relief sought by local councils about the obligation of the airports’ operators to pay rates.
The NSW Supreme Court’s new Chief Justice has used his maiden speech to lament how remote hearings and working from home has led to the “insidious depersonalisation” of the legal profession, with half-empty chambers and solicitor’s offices losing their soul and personality.
Taking the stand Monday in a defamation dispute with mining billionaire Clive Palmer, WA premier Mark McGowan said Palmer’s “hurtful and outrageous” public comments led to death threats against his wife and family.
Telstra has been hit with a class action on behalf of employees who lost their jobs or are in danger of being terminated for failing to comply with a requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The ACCC will target businesses seeking to use COVID-related disruptions to global and domestic supply chains as “a veil for illegal conduct” the watchdog’s outgoing chair has said in setting out the regulator’s priorities for 2022.
The WA Supreme Court has thrown out challenges to Woodside Energy’s proposals to expand its Scarborough LNG project, finding there were no errors in the state EPA’s approval.
A barrister who worked on a class action against two security firms over failures in Victoria’s hotel quarantine program has been appointed to the County Court of Victoria, alongside three of his peers.
The Morrison government has rejected class action claims that it owes a duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders to protect them against the negative effects of climate change, claiming the alleged duty cannot apply to high level government policy.
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has strengthened its financial services practice by luring two seasoned partners from Minter Ellison.
Supreme Court of Queensland judge Helen Bowskill has been named the state’s new chief justice, only the second woman to ever hold the position.