New judgments
Fri Jun 24 2022Basi v Namitha Nakul Pty Ltd [2022] FCA 712 - contravention of the Fair Work Act, underpayment
Build-A-Bear Workshop UK Holdings Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs [2022] EWCA Civ 825 - are Build-A-Bear stuffed toy or doll accessories?
Deng v Zheng [2022] NZSC 76 - The court made some general observations about cases in which one or more of the parties have a cultural background which differs from that of the judge and the judgment provides guidelines for cases where it is appropriate for a judge to receive evidence of material bearing on the social and cultural framework within which protagonists in a case may have been operating.
LCM Funding Pty Ltd v Stanwell Corporation Limited [2022] FCAFC 103 - class actions
R v Lehrmann (No 2) [2022] ACTSC 92 - "it does not follow that the Court is condoning a media "free for all". The question is one of the appropriate method of regulation. This country has robust contempt laws of which the media may be taken to be aware."
Rigney v The Queen; Mitchell v The Queen; Carver v The Queen [2022] HCATrans 112 - "As I understand the applicant's position is that the contemplation needs to be a contemplation of death, that death will occur, whereas the Crown's position is that the contemplation needs to be only any intentional act of violence."
Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd v Atradius Credito Y Caucion S.A. De Seguros Y Reaseguros [2022] FCA 709 - dispute as to jurisdiction of Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Div 2) and Federal Court of Australia in relation to claim for co-insurance