Geoffrey Rush has thwarted Nationwide News and Moran’s defences to his defamation action a third and final time, with the Full Court rejecting Nationwide News and Moran’s application for leave…
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Corporate Crime a Compliance Priority in 2018
Significant legislative reform is proposed to be introduced this year aimed at introducing stronger measures to combat corporate crime following recent reports that show that Australia has made slow progress…
Read moreSearching for Search Engine Liability: High Court Grants Special Leave in Trkulja v Google Inc [2017] HCATrans 129
The liability in defamation of search engines for search engine results or autocomplete predictions has been re-enlivened, with the High Court agreeing on 16 June 2017 to grant the plaintiff…
Read moreA Weaker Immune System: Advocate’s Immunity from Suit does not Protect Negligent Advice on Settlement
On 29 March 2017, the High Court in Kendirjian v Lepore [2017] HCA 13 upheld a narrower scope of the common law doctrine of an advocate’s immunity from suit, holding…
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