Judge lashes child gender-medicine experts
One of Australia’s foremost child gender medicine experts has been ruled to have misled the Family Court when giving evidence to support a mother who wished to prescribe her child puberty blockers.
Legal Affairs
Northern Star fined $750k for safety breach that injured worker
Northern Star, the biggest gold miner on the ASX, has pleaded guilty in the Perth Magistrates Court to safety breaches which left a worker with spinal and leg injuries.
Tech veteran tells court sacking ‘could have been handled better’
Australian technology veteran Adrian di Marco has told a court the termination of a ‘loyal’ manager could have been handled better, but he had always planned the departure to be amicable.
Wilkinson slams Lehrmann’s rape appeal
Lisa Wilkinson says there was nothing unfair about Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial and his lie to police about having sex with Brittany Higgins was a bid to ‘pervert the course of justice’.
Dealmaking, high pressure and ‘angst’ at TechOne
A high pressure workplace fuelled by dealmaking and ‘angst’ amid a rapidly expanding technology business was playing out at software company TechnologyOne during the year a staff member was sacked.
Administrator in bid to seize Whyalla Ports from Gupta
KordaMentha has lodged a legal bid to seize control of Whyalla Ports back from Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, arguing a ‘purported lease’ over the facility should be struck out.
Shopping centre security to face inquest scrutiny
Almost one year on from the Bondi Junction massacre, owners and security subcontractors who operated the Westfield shopping centre are primed to face criticism.
Medibank told to hand over cyber attack reports
Medibank will be forced to hand investigative reports probing Australia’s worst cyber attack to its customers, who are suing the private health giant after their data was leaked on the dark web.
Tech employee sacked because firm ‘lost confidence’ in him
The Federal Court has heard TechnologyOne founder Adrian di Marco denied knowing an employee was suffering from mental health issues prior to dismissing him.
Silk calls out Bar’s ‘bullying, pile-on’
An eminent silk has accused the Victorian barristers’ council of a ‘regrettable pile-on’ of a female member who had publicly criticised overuse of acknowledgment of country.
Prominent firm accused of shortchanging partner
A second legal action has been filed involving defamation firm BlackBay Lawyers, with a former salaried partner claiming the company mishandled a $25,000 advance.
Sofronoff comes out guns blazing
In a scathing rebuttal, Walter Sofronoff has blasted the ACT Integrity Commission for making corruption findings against him that were ‘seriously illogical, irrational and/or unreasonable’.
Rushed law change will do more serious harm than good
Thanks to a flurry of lawmaking late last year, the federal government has just undone reforms that prevent ordinary people being dragged into expensive court cases over minor disputes.
Stake subsidiary hit with US lawsuit over online casino
The Stake gaming empire founded by Australian rich-lister Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani is facing a US lawsuit that alleges one of its online ‘social casinos’ is operating illegally in California.
Secret ‘basketball court’ can’t be certified after council tip-off
A wealthy Sydney family is working out how to avoid having to demolish an alleged underground basketball court after a complaint revealed its basement is metres deeper than approved plans allow.
Reprieve for Labor after High Court rules against detainees
The Albanese government has won its case against two foreign drug dealers who were seeking to expand the NZYQ ruling to apply to non-citizens being held in detention while their visas are being processed.
State blitz on youth crime expanded
Youth offenders charged with attempted murder and rape in Queensland will face harsher penalties in a broadening of the state’s flagship ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws.
Nazi-like images of Dutton, Palmer reported to police
A Wagga Wagga storefront display featuring images of Peter Dutton and mining magnates Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer in Nazi-like regalia has been reported to police.
Labor price-gouging pledge ‘unlikely to have much effect’
Anthony Albanese has pledged Labor will outlaw supermarket price gouging. Could Australia take inspiration from similar laws in the European Union or the US? It’s complicated.
NBL boss and Melbourne builder sued over ‘mould, damp’ in luxury units
Mould, honeycombing cement and damp are among the litany of alleged defects plaguing a luxury apartment block built by Larry Kestelman’s building company.
Aussie’s Congo lithium hopes hinge on US envoy talks
A US special envoy is scheduled to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo for talks crucial to Australian minerals company AVZ’s hope of regaining control of a lithium project.
No pot of gold at the end of this rainbow
The liquidator of Impact Gold says there appears to be no evidence held by the company indicating it had any tenure in PNG, or has any gold to show for its years of work.
Night parrot naturalist in jail after going bush
One of Australia’s best-known naturalists, John Young, hid in dense rainforest in north Queensland for more than a year, avoiding a concerted police hunt for him over undisclosed charges.
Sport stoush for control headed from courtside to the law courts
NBL owner Larry Kestelman is adamant he won’t sell the league but as club bosses demand a greater financial share, his dispute with Illawarra Hawks owner Jared Novelly has gone public.
Palmer’s legal shots at ex-ASIC chair thrown out
The Federal Court has thrown out billionaire Clive Palmer’s legal fights against James Shipton, ex-chair of Australia’s corporate cop.
Online betting giant tries to settle blockbuster case
Entain, which owns online betting platforms Ladbrokes and Neds, is hoping to nip an anti-money laundering case brought against it last year in the bud.
Police video released after billionaire pulled over for ‘circle work’
A court has released footage capturing the moment billionaire Adrian Portelli was pulled over by police in luxury car | WATCH THE VIDEO
Coroner’s response a first step in right direction
The brother of missing NSW mother Bronwyn Winfield hopes the case is ‘heading in the right direction’ after the state coroner’s office replied to his call to search a Sydney property.
Gupta fires back at private equity firm as InfraBuild sued
Under-siege industrialist Sanjeev Gupta’s InfraBuild has attacked in court private equity firm FitzWalter over its demand for an immediate $800m repayment from GFG Alliance.
ODPP leaks not acceptable: Premier
Chris Minns says it would be ‘completely unacceptable’ for the state prosecution office to leak information about an underage Aboriginal defendant to a commercial radio station.
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