The boss of a makeup company has accused a court member of “falling asleep” three times while overseeing a hearing, arguing she was not given “procedural fairness” during a legal fight against her website developer as a result. Judith Stojonoff, who owns vegan makeup brand Lilipani, launched legal proceedings againstContinue Reading
Brittany Higgins’ $2.4 million payout and claims she told “elaborate lies” to get it will be considered in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial when judging her general credit as a witness. Channel Ten’s legal team has accepted the judge can make findings in relation to the matter without her being recalledContinue Reading
Close to 200,000 documents may need to be sifted through before Shane Drumgold’s case against the inquiry that ended his career can be heard next year. The former ACT director of public prosecutions last month launched legal action to quash a board of inquiry’s findings about his handling of theContinue Reading
An outside judge will be flown in to preside over the legal action brought by the former ACT top prosecutor against the high profile inquiry that cost him his job. Shane Drumgold SC is seeking to have the findings of the board of inquiry into the Bruce Lehrmann trial quashedContinue Reading
Lawyers acting for Victoria’s Department of Health have defended a decision to shutter a catering company over an allegedly contaminated sandwich. I Cook Foods Pty Ltd founder Ian Cook is suing Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services for $50m, claiming his business was destroyed by the forced closure inContinue Reading
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith says a judge was mistaken in finding that he was involved in four murders of unarmed prisoners following a landmark defamation loss to three newspapers. The Victoria Cross recipient sued The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times over a series of articles publishedContinue Reading
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has accused a judge of “cherry picking” evidence and was mistaken in finding he was involved in four murders of unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan in his appeal following a landmark defamation loss to three newspapers. The Victoria Cross recipient sued The Sydney Morning Herald, The AgeContinue Reading
A controversial right-wing activist and YouTuber who sued Victorian parliamentary officials for refusing to give him a press pass has lost his fight to overturn the decision. YouTube personality Avi Yemini took legal action against three officials – including former Victorian lower house speaker Colin Brooks – after he wasContinue Reading