Introduction The High Court of Australia sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns in Re Day [No 2] [2017] HCA 14 has found that Robert John Day, a former senator, had an indirect pecuniary interest in a lease agreement with …
The New South Wales Court of Appeal in Fitz Jersey Pty Ltd v Atlas Construction Group Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 53 has found that a claimant enforcing a determination by an adjudicator of a payment claim under the Building and …
The High Court of Australia in Kendirjian v Lepore [2017] HCA 13 has refused to distinguish the reasoning of the majority in Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Limited [2016] HCA 16; (2016) 331 ALR 1 (“Attwells”) in a case …
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in Grant v BHP Coal Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 42 has found that the dismissal of an employee who refused to undergo a medical examination to confirm his capacity to return …
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The Victorian Court of Appeal in Spralja v Bullards [2017] VSCA 32 has set aside a decision of a judge of the County Court granting summary dismissal of proceedings brought against a firm of solicitors and two barristers for negligent …