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Lockdown didn’t trigger business interruption policy in COVID-19 test case, IAG tells court
Lockdown orders by the Victorian government and an international travel ban in place last year during the first wave of COVID-19 did not trigger a business interruption clause in an IAG policy at the centre of a test case brought by insurers, a judge heard Monday.
BlueScope meeting with rival steel distributors ‘potentially illegal’, exec tells court
BlueScope Steel general manager Jason Ellis wanted no record kept of a meeting with four of the company's competing steel distributors and warned his national sales manager to keep the talks under wraps, a court hearing the ACCC's price-fixing case was told on Thursday.  
Bluescope slams as ‘delusional’ ACCC evidence of cartel conduct
BlueScope has labelled "delusional" an argument by the competition regulator that alleged correspondence from a distributor about the steel company’s suggested higher prices was evidence of price-fixing.
Jury trial bid rejected in Barilaro’s case against YouTube star Jordan Shanks
A judge has dismissed an application by YouTube comedian Jordan Shanks for a jury trial in a defamation case brought by NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro, citing the complexity of the case and the uncertainties of COVID-19.
Bluescope’s defence in ACCC case would ‘eviscerate’ cartel laws, trial told
Steel maker Bluescope’s claim that it didn't engage in cartel conduct because it only encouraged distributors to set a price for its products would "eviscerate" cartel laws, the ACCC has told a court.
Daily Mail editor wrote ‘let’s rip into this sheila’ before publishing Erin Molan article, court hears
A Daily Mail editor sent an email to a journalist that said 'Let's rip into this sheila' before publishing an article about sports presenter Erin Molan that's at the centre of a defamation trial which kicked off Monday.
Ben Roberts-Smith says ex-wife lied to court about accessing his personal emails
A lawyer for accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has told a judge his ex-wife did not honestly disclose whether she had given her close friend access to her former husband's email account, and had misused his confidential and privileged information.
Victoria says COVID-19 lockdown did not violate freedom of communication
The Victorian Government has told a judge the COVID-19 restrictions imposed during its extended lockdown last year did not infringe on the freedom of political communication, as trial kicked off in a protestor's lawsuit challenging the stay-at-home orders.
Foreign troops were ‘infidels’, Afghan witness tells court in Ben-Roberts Smith defamation trial
Australian soldiers who raided a village in Afghanistan were “infidels” and the people they killed were “martyrs”, an Afghan villager related to a man allegedly murdered by veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court.
Radio device planted on murdered Afghan villager, Ben Roberts-Smith trial told
A communications device was planted on an unarmed Afghan villager who was allegedly murdered by former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, a court overseeing the accused war criminal's defamation trial has heard.