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Port of Newcastle can charge Glencore higher access fees, High Court rules
The Port of Newcastle has largely won its High Court fight with mining giant Glencore over access fees and will now be able to set a higher price for use of the port's facilities.
Worldwide freezing orders not conditional on enforcement prospects, High Court says
The High Court has granted the ATO’s bid to impose a worldwide freezing order against Chinese property developer Changran Huang, saying the court’s power to freeze assets did not depend on whether there was a realistic possibility of enforcing a judgment in a foreign jurisdiction.
Appeals dismissed in ‘inconceivable’ challenge to NSW COVID-19 jab mandate
An appeals court has found it “inconceivable” that legislation aimed at protecting public health would not have afforded the New South Wales health minister the power to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for certain workers, given the outbreak of the Delta strain of the coronavirus.
On trial for ‘parody of court hearing’, judge says he made a mistake
A Federal Circuit Court judge has hit back at accusations he conducted “the grossest parody of a court hearing” when he unlawfully imprisoned a Queensland man for contempt of court, telling a trial “he is a human being [who] made a mistake”.
Fair Work Commission finds BHP vaccine mandate unlawful
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has struck down a BHP requirement that all workers at its Mt Arthur coal mine in NSW be vaccinated against COVID-19, finding the mandate was unreasonable and unlawful for lack of consultation.
Judge denies ‘hostility’ towards COVID-19 vaccine mandate challengers
Victorian workers challenging the government's health directions requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have lost their second bid to disqualify the judge hearing the case on the ground of apprehended bias.
‘No prospects of success’: Judge tosses COVID-19 class action over Victoria’s botched hotel quarantine
Two landmark class actions seeking damages from the Victorian government for economic losses suffered during last year's second wave of COVID-19 have been thrown out, but one of the cases will be given a second chance to proceed.
High Court shuns Apple’s last shot at shipping Epic Games dispute to US
Apple has reached the end of the line in its attempts to move a competition dispute with Fortnite game maker Epic Games to California, with the High Court denying the tech company's special leave application to appeal a judgment that found there were "strong reasons" for keeping the matter in Australia.
Cosmetics brand Mecca wins contract spat with Hourglass over COVID-19 closures
Australian beauty and skincare retailer Mecca has triumphed in a lawsuit brought against US makeup brand Hourglass, which tried to terminate an exclusive distribution agreement because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virgin Australia tweaks COVID-19 vaccination policy to resolve union lawsuit
Virgin Australia has walked back part of its COVID-19 vaccination policy after the union representing aircraft maintenance engineers received hundred of complaints about the requirement that they provide their Individual Health Identifier as part of proof of their vaccination status.