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The Federal Circuit Court's decisive response to complaints of inappropriate behaviour by a judge has been roundly applauded by the legal profession as putting the judiciary on notice that courts will not ignore complaints, but the latest scandal shows sexual harassment remains a pervasive problem.
A Federal Circuit Court judge has resigned after an inquiry found he engaged in inappropriate conduct of a "sexualised" nature towards two young women.
A magistrate being investigated for sexual harassment by a first-of-its-kind judicial conduct panel has been suspended on advice from South Australia's chief judge.
The chief judges of three of the country's top courts say virtual hearings, including through the use of popular livestream technology, will be around long after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
A judge hearing a lawsuit against Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta over alleged wrongful imprisonment has heard that a finding putting the Commonwealth on the hook for future jurisdictional errors by judges would meet an "inevitable" appeal.
A top intellectual property barrister who has worked on cutting-edge cases that raise novel questions about the patentability of inventions has been appointed to the Federal Court.
The lead counsel in class actions against AMP and Vocation and a silk who worked on the landmark Black Saturday bushfire class actions are the latest judicial appointees to the Victoria Supreme Court, boosting the class action chops of the court’s bench.
The owner of a Cairns tour company sentenced to 12 months' jail for contempt of court by Federal Circuit Court judge Salvatore Vasta is seeking $2 million in damages in a lawsuit against the judge.
A controversial ban on Australians travelling home from India could face a legal attack for what some say is an unlawful overreaction to the COVID-19 crisis, but the prospects of success for any challenge are not clear, an expert tells Lawyerly.
An appeals court has split on whether a judge's grilling of an expert witness in a personal injury case was appropriate, with the dissenting judge saying the questioning -- which took up more than two-thirds of the cross examination -- was excesssive, and hostile in parts.