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Sydney private school caretaker wins $3.1M after catastrophic gas explosion
Anthony Black 2019-10-02 4:19 pm By Amelia Birnie Sydney
At caretaker at a Sydney private school has been awarded $3.1 million in damages after he was seriously injured in a workplace gas explosion, with five defendants including building contractors, certifiers and gas suppliers all found to be equally liable.
Judge wants four referees in toxic foam class actions
Amy Munro 2019-03-19 9:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
The Chief Justice of the Federal Court wants four referees to weigh what's expected to be voluminous expert evidence in three class actions against the Commonwealth of Australia over exposure to allegedly toxic foam used on a government military bases, saying with 60 class actions pending in the Federal Court, devoting a single judge to the case for months on end should be a "mechanism of last resort".