Legal affairs
The NSW Supreme Court is teaching court reporting to journalism students with the help of former judge Richard Button. Capital Brief sat in on the latest lecture.
Divorce is good business for fintech investor Craig Carroll and his startup JustFund, as family law lending sheds its “wild west” reputation.
Queensland’s new AI guidelines hint courts may take a softer stance on chatbot use, though litigants risk costs if affidavits or citations go wrong.
As leading legal AI platform Harvey sets up shop in Australia, founder Winston Weinberg says a major impact of the technology will be on how associates learn the job.
The Katy Perry v Katie Perry legal battle is “a rare and valuable opportunity” for the High Court to resolve important questions about reputation and trademarks.
Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his final appeal in a defamation battle. But his legal fights might not end there.
The High Court delivered a record-equalling five decisions on a single day this week, underlining how Chief Justice Stephen Gageler is running a tight ship.
Media lawyers' new public interest defence for defamation "has legs", and the "serious harm" might have helped Brittany Higgins.
The corporate regulator's chairman is hitting his stride, but the end of his five year term is nigh.
Qantas’ shoddy apology for cutting 1,820 ground staff jobs in 2020 — and CEO Vanessa Hudson’s no-show in court — left Justice Michael Lee unconvinced.
The former political staffer's lawyer argued he had been denied natural justice at his high stakes defamation trial in a day in court.
A pivotal tweak to Australia’s competition rules in 2017 underpinned Epic’s Federal Court triumph over Apple and Google this week.
Justice Jacqueline Gleeson is shaping as a High Court swing vote, while Justice James Edelman seems content in his role as the bench's soloist.
