Update to the profession - Criminal jury trials and other Criminal Division listings
… Criminal Division. Supreme Court criminal jury trials did not resume until late October 2021 and, even then, social … total of 170 pending matters, 110 began by way of standard committal (65%) and 60 began via the Court’s fast-track … utilise available hearing days. Unless there is some unexpected future development in the pandemic, the Court is …
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Insurance Australia Group (IAG) Group Proceeding (Class Action)
… This is a group proceeding (class action) brought on behalf … NSWCA 296, which found certain pandemic exclusions were not effective to exclude cover for losses. The plaintiff … AEDT on 13 March 2025. To register, you must either : complete the online registration form with Quinn Emanuel …
Judgment handed down in Google Inc v Trkulja
… brought a proceeding for defamation against Google Inc, a company incorporated in the USA. Service of the proceeding … were returned which were defamatory of him. He did not seek to rely on the text of any web page from which any … case had no real prospect of success, notwithstanding that this was a demanding test for it to satisfy. First, it could …
Statement from Anne Ferguson Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
… The complaints were made by two women who are former Judges’ … AM SC, a barrister from Sydney with extensive experience in this field. Ms Eastman adopted a trauma informed approach to … of appropriate professional boundaries. The reports noted the significant power imbalance between the employees …
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Judgment handed down in Apple and Pear Australia Ltd v Pink Lady America LLC
… before the trial judge was whether the Option Deed covered not only the trademarks set out in the schedule to that … Court of Appeal today held that the judge erred in taking this approach. It held that properly construed the Option … schedule to the deed. That construction does not lead to commercial absurdity or futility. Even if surrounding …
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Waller Legal Proceeding
… This proceeding was brought on behalf of persons who were … what the claims were worth, on the basis that a category of compensation (economic loss) was not properly sought. The claim in this proceeding alleges …
Judgment handed down in Spanjol v The Queen
… with him knowing that he was drunk, and was therefore 'complicit' in his negligent driving. The Court of Appeal held that the offender's moral culpability could not be reduced if the passenger was aware that he was drunk. … for ensuring that his passenger was wearing her seatbelt, this was a matter to which little weight needed to be …
Judgment handed down in Melbourne City Investments P/L v Myer Holdings Ltd (No. 2)
… Sifris found that the predominate purpose of the case was not to vindicate legal rights but to generate income or revenue for interests associated with Mark Elliott ('Elliott'). Justice Sifris held that this predominant purpose was improper. As a result, the case …
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Common Law Division update
… The Common Law Division of the Supreme Court plays an important … the media. In a recent Court of Appeal judgment, the Court noted that the Court's role is not to engage in political … of our democratic society that the courts perform this supervisory role, and do so independently of Government …
Judgment in Business Services Brokers v Beveridge
… pay. A judge in the County Court found that TeleChoice was not entitled to the amount it claimed from Mr Beveridge … phone was used, but there was no obligation to pay in this case as Mr Beveridge's SIM card (not his phone) had … as part of a fraud. NOTE: This summary is necessarily incomplete. It is not intended as a substitute for the …
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