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ACCC takes Pacific National, Aurizon terminal deal challenge to High Court
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-06-26 10:15 am By Christine Caulfield

The competition regulator wants the High Court to hear its challenge to Pacific National’s $205 million acquisition of Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal in Queensland, saying the deal would entrench the rail freight carrier’s near monopoly on the east coast of Australia.

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High Court contacts 100 former associates who worked during Dyson Heydon decade
Employment 2020-06-25 10:51 am By Christine Caulfield

The High Court is reaching out to more than 100 former associates who worked during the tenure of former Justice Dyson Heydon, the high-powered judge facing legal action after being found to have sexually harassed several female associates.

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Women bring action against ex-High Court judge over legal profession’s ‘dirtiest secret’
Employment 2020-06-23 10:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Three women who worked as associates for ex-High Court Justice Dyson Heydon are pursuing legal action against the former judge and the Commonwealth for compensation after an independent investigation found they were victims of sexual harassment on the job.

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Court allows debt-laden Thai Airways to temporarily avoid Australian asset seizure
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-06-23 5:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has granted a bid by two directors of Thai Airways to preserve the airline’s Australian assets as the company, which was hit hard due to the COVID-19 pandemic, undergoes an urgent restructure in Thailand.

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Ex-High Court Justice Dyson Heydon sexually harassed associates, inquiry finds
Employment 2020-06-22 10:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon sexually harassed six of his female associates while on the bench, an independent investigation has uncovered.

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Court must determine risk of COVID-19 deaths from border openings, WA says
COVID-19 2020-06-22 8:13 pm By Alison Eveleigh

Before the High Court hears constitutional arguments over the Queensland and Western Australian border closures, the Federal Court will have to weigh just how real the risk is of border hoppers increasing the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the states, a judge has been told.

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‘The way to do business’: Federal Court judge wants to make virtual case management hearings permanent
Defamation 2020-06-19 12:03 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A Federal Court judge overseeing Papua New Guinean Politician William Duma’s defamation lawsuit against Fairfax Media has said he would like to move case management hearings online permanently, saying the move to virtual courtrooms was one good that had resulted from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Female barristers say virtual hearings antidote to ‘constant low-grade intimidation’
Feature 2020-06-18 8:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

The era of online hearings during the COVID-19 pandemic has made advocacy more challenging for counsel representing parties in litigation, but a happy consequence of the virtual courtroom is an end to intimidation, harassment and in some cases bullying by male barristers and judges, female barristers have told Lawyerly.

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Top NSW judge backs flexible approach to virtual hearings
Exclusive 2020-06-17 2:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Chief Justice of the NSW Supreme Court told Lawyerly the court will adopt a flexible mixture of virtual and in-person hearings in the long term, as courts and the country slowly awaken from COVID-19 lockdown.

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Judge appoints receiver, not liquidator to hotel to avoid COVID-19 misunderstanding
Restructuring & Insolvency 2020-06-12 12:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

To avoid a creditor panic in the midst of the COVID-19 health crisis, the NSW Supreme Court has appointed a receiver instead of a liquidator to a rural hotel that is the centre of a deadlocked shareholder dispute over more than $2.7 million.

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