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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.
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.
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.
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.
A COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess that left 28 people dead was “something that was very likely to happen” and the cruise should never have sailed, a court heard as a class action trial against Carnival PLC kicked off.
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.
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.
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.
Two former executives of defunct electronics retailer Dick Smith have asked the High Court to hear their challenge to a $11.8 million damages award for approving a dividend payment the company could not afford.
The Albanese government has thrown its support behind a proposal to establish a federal judicial commission that would address questionable conduct by judges.