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Negligence suit tossed against expert retained in lawyer’s employment case
Amy Munro 2023-08-28 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A psychiatrist who gave expert evidence in a lawyer’s human rights case against his former employer cannot be sued for negligence because he is protected by witness immunity, a judge has found. 
Transport for NSW reserves right to appeal Sydney light rail class action loss
Banton Group 2023-08-01 1:57 pm By Christine Caulfield
Transport for NSW is weighing an appeal after a judge found it was liable to pay damages in a class action brought on behalf of small businesses over interference caused by the construction of Sydney's $3 billion light rail network.
NSW government has to prove $3B light rail was ‘necessary’, class action says
Adam Hochroth 2022-12-07 4:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Closing a class action trial over Sydney's $3 billion light rail, a lawyer for 3,500 small businesses told a judge Wednesday the NSW government had to show that building the tram network was a “reasonably necessary” addition to the city's transport options.
Light rail class action plaintiffs want NSW on hook for litigation funder’s cut
Adam Hochroth 2022-11-15 4:55 pm By Christine Caulfield
Businesses bringing a class action over Sydney's $3 billion light rail project are pursuing a bold new claim that the NSW government pay not only for damages related to their nuisance claims, but for the 40 percent commission the litigation's funder wants from a post-trial judgment.
In light rail class action trial, NSW government denies it ‘sat back and did nothing’
Adam Hochroth 2022-11-09 9:49 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
The New South Wales government has rejected a class action's claims that it dropped the ball in relation to the identification and management of underground utilities which caused delays in Sydney’s $3 billion light rail project.
Sydney’s $3B light rail was a ‘train wreck’, class action trial told
Adam Hochroth 2022-11-07 4:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A class action on behalf of 3,500 business owners along Sydney’s light rail route has told a court that group members bore the brunt of the project’s delayed construction, described as “a train wreck which could be predicted from a mile away”.
Judge wants delayed Sydney light rail class action finished by year’s end
Adam Hochroth 2022-10-24 1:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A class action trial over Sydney’s $3 billion light rail has been pushed off to next month after the applicant’s eleventh-hour amendments, but a judge has warned the parties they should wrap up the case by the end of the year..
Light rail class action trial could be derailed by ‘last-minute’ amendments
Class Actions 2022-10-20 4:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A trial set to start next week in a class action over Sydney’s $3 billion delayed light rail could be pushed off until next year as the parties clash over an eleventh hour bid by the applicant to amend the case.
COVID-19 vaccination challenger denied access to NSW government’s deliberations
Coronavirus 2021-09-29 3:29 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney
A judge has ruled legal challenges to orders requiring COVID-19 vaccines for certain workers in New South Wales are not exceptional enough to warrant the disclosure of cabinet documents, with the judge noting he did not think the state health minister's orders made vaccines "mandatory".
HWL Ebsworth forced to hand over client file notes to ANZ whistleblower
Alastair Vincent 2021-05-10 4:48 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
HWL Ebsworth has been ordered to hand over file notes to a former client and whistleblower suing ANZ for unfair dismissal, with a judge rejecting the law firm's argument that the notes were created solely for the benefit of the junior solicitor taking them.