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A judge overseeing a joint class action against Freedom Foods and Deloitte wants to break a bad habit among litigators of attaching to affidavits reams of correspondence between solicitors, and she has a message for legal practitioners -- the court is not interested in what lawyers say to each other.
Australia and the Netherlands have taken legal action against Russia over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which killed 38 Australians.
The Federal Court won't permit a Melbourne-based judge to travel to Sydney on the dime of the parties in a class action against wealth management group Colonial First State, but will foot the bill itself.
The NSW Supreme Court's new Chief Justice has used his maiden speech to lament how remote hearings and working from home has led to the "insidious depersonalisation" of the legal profession, with half-empty chambers and solicitor's offices losing their soul and personality.
A barrister who worked on a class action against two security firms over failures in Victoria's hotel quarantine program has been appointed to the County Court of Victoria, alongside three of his peers.
Supreme Court of Queensland judge Helen Bowskill has been named the state's new chief justice, only the second woman to ever hold the position.
Peter Vickery QC has identified himself as the former judge of the Victorian Supreme Court who an investigation found had sexually harassed two of his associates, including by writing sexualised poetry and making unwelcome sexual advances.
Justice Andrew Bell has been appointed the new Chief Justice of the NSW Supreme Court, after the current head of the court announced last year it was time to step down after almost 11 years in office.
Two Federal Court judges are stepping down before the compulsory retirement age, one of whom was elevated to the bench just two years ago.
A judge overseeing two class actions against Romeo’s has ditched what has become the commonplace hearing in weighing a settlement of the cases, but experts say approval applications in group proceedings should ideally be heard in open court.