New judgments
Fri Mar 23 2018Alley v Gillespie [2018] HCA 11 - the court unanimously found that the Common Informers (Parliamentary Disqualifications) Act 1975 (Cth) doesn't confer jurisdiction on the court to determine whether a person is a person declared by the Constitution to be incapable of sitting as a senator or as a member of the House
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Cassimatis (No 9) [2018] FCA 385 - inappropriate financial advice Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v H.J. Heinz Company Australia Limited [2018] FCA 360 - the court found that Heinz misled the public about the nutritional benefits of its Little Kids Shredz range
Fraud Detection & Reporting Pty Ltd v Department of Justice [2018] NSWCATAD 63 - access to government information
Malek Fahd Islamic School Limited v Minister for Education and Training [2018] FCAFC 37 - whether school was "fit and proper to be an approved authority" under the Australian Education Act 2013 (Cth)
Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 357 - "defamatory imputations"
University of Sydney v ObjectiVision Pty Limited [2018] FCA 393 - legal professional privilege and whether under common law sending a letter of advice to third parties constitutes waiver of privilege and whether legal professional privilege exists in relation to notes of meeting with external solicitors and third parties
Voxson Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited (No 10) [2018] FCA 376 - whether leave to admit experimental evidence should be granted