The President of the New South Wales Bar Association has issued a Media Release today stating that personal attacks on members of the judiciary in the context of particular judgments undermine public confidence in the justice system. The Release notes…
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Full Federal Court calls for investigation by the legislature of arrangements involving the same litigation funder being on both sides of the record
In a recent decision (Tamaya Resources Limited (in liq) v Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (A Firm) [2016] FCAFC 2), the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Gilmour, Perram and Beach JJ) observed that the same litigation funder was on…
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Law Council of Australia: Royal Commissioners entitled to same respect as Judges
The President of the Law Council of Australia has issued a Media Statement MS# 1508 dated 18 August 2015 describing the public attacks on the Royal Commissioner, Mr Dyson Heydon AC QC, “being played out through the media”, as “unacceptable”…
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Hudson Investment Group Limited v Atanaskovic – High Court refuses special leave to appeal
On 9 April 2015, the High Court of Australia refused special leave to appeal to the Court in Hudson Investment Group Limited v Atanaskovic (see [2015] HCASL 54). The High Court noted that the New South Wales Court of Appeal…
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Disallowance of FOFA regulations
The Corporations Amendment (Streamlining Future of Financial Advice) Regulation 2014 which implemented many key changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation pending Parliament’s consideration of the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of Future of Financial Advice) Bill 2014 was disallowed…
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