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Class Actions Pawn shop facing class action loses bid for pro bono lawyers. A pawn shop facing a class action lawsuit from customers who claim it gave them loans with annual interest rates of …
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2 days ago · Breaking news and analysis on Australian class actions from Lawyerly, including the latest investigations, new cases, trials, settlements and judgments.
Legal fees to eat up more than half of COVID-19 aged care class …
5 days ago · Legal fees are set to eat up more than half of the $3.5 million settlement sum in a class action over deaths allegedly caused by negligent care at a NSW aged care facility during …
New South Wales Courts & Law: Legal News & Analysis - Lawyerly
6 days ago · Developer Schofields has won $20 million from the New South Wales government after the state failed to provide an easement or road access to land it owned for more than two …
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Jan 16, 2025 · The valuer general of Victoria has told the High Court that a property in Melbourne’s CBD should be valued at $6.2 million rather than $2.9 million, despite a heritage …
Employers can be on hook for psychiatric injury damages: High …
Dec 11, 2024 · In a landmark ruling, the High Court has recognised the availability of damages for psychiatric injury caused by an employer’s negligent dismissal process, restoring a $1.4 million …
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Tougher penalties floated for improper legal privilege claims
Jan 3, 2025 · The federal government has released a discussion paper on the use of legal professional privilege claims in Commonwealth investigations amid concerns that such claims …
AI rule change may be on cards after lawyers express concerns
Dec 13, 2024 · A NSW Supreme Court judge has hinted there may be changes to a new practice note on the use AI in court proceedings, following complaints about how it applies to discovery …
As money laundering reforms pass, Law Council to keep up calls …
Nov 29, 2024 · Legislation forcing lawyers to dob in clients suspected of money laundering has passed, but the peak legal body has vowed to continue its push for limits to the new law.