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Viva Energy can’t block arbitration in oil tanker dispute, judge says
A judge has sent a dispute between oil giant Viva Energy and a Panama-based oil transporter over petroleum allegedly contaminated during transport into arbitration.
Geoffrey Rush slams Nationwide for ‘doubling down’ on defamatory imputations
Actor Geoffery Rush has accused the Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News of "doubling down" on its defamatory allegations and attacking the vindication he received in winning his defamation case against the publisher.
‘Witness X’ in Geoffrey Rush defamation case revealed as actress Yael Stone
Orange Is The New Black star Yael Stone, who has accused Geoffrey Rush in interviews of lewd behaviour toward her, can be revealed as the witness who unsuccessfully sought to give evidence at trial in Rush's defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News.
Pacific National, Aurizon await judgment in high-stakes competition case
Judgment is expected next week in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's case against Pacific National alleging the rail company made an anti-competitive bid for Aurizon's Acacia Ridge Terminal and intermodal freight business.
Judge who ruled for Geoffrey Rush was biased, Daily Telegraph says in appeal
Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News has appealed a $850,000 judgment against it in a defamation case brought by actor Geoffrey Rush, saying the judge who presided over the case was biased.
Fairfax wants to name ‘Witness X’ in Geoffrey Rush defamation trial
Fairfax Media has asked a court to lift a suppression order on the name of a proposed witness the Daily Telegraph had sought to call in Geoffrey Rush's defamation trial, which the actor won earlier this month.
Geoffrey Rush wins defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher
Actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded at least $850,000 in damages after taking Nationwide News to court alleging it defamed him by tainting him as a sexual predator, with the judge calling the publisher's conduct "improper and unjustified".
Airservices managers left worse off under individual contracts, class action trial hears
Lawyers for a class action against the Federal Government-owned Airservices told a court Tuesday that higher salaries on individually negotiated management contracts did not leave managers better off than they would have been under relevant collective enterprise agreements.
Judgment looms in Geoffrey Rush defamation case
Judgment is expected next week in the closely watched defamation suit brought by actor Geoffrey Rush against Nationwide News, with the ruling expected to generate considerable attention amid a spate of recent high-dollar awards in defamation cases and as the country embarks on an ambitious overhaul of its defamation laws.
Casual worker class actions put on hold amid WorkPac Full Court appeal
Two Adero Law-led class actions against Hays Specialist Recruitment and Stellar Personnel have been put on hold amid a looming Full Court appeal by Workpac which is expected to clarify the definition of casual work in Australia.