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Background on Clive Palmer HCA matter here - Clive Palmer launches bid to overturn 'draconian' law, re-register United Australia Party ahead of next election
Case page here - Case B73/2024 - High Court of Australia. Lead counsel for plaintiffs appears to be Dominic Villa SC.
Chief Justice Andrew Bell is on the warpath over millions of dollars raked in from aspiring lawyers.
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Results of applications for special leave to appeal determined yesterday (1 grant out of 15 matters).
Officials have finally revealed the impost of former chief justice James Allsop’s national farewell tour. Some of his colleagues held more restrained affairs.
Answers given on notice by the FCA can be downloaded here (with the total cost broken down by event).
“[1] On 6 November 2024, I referred this proceeding to the Guidance and Appeals Panel (‘GAP’) pursuant to s 122(1) of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (‘ART Act’) on the basis that it raises the following issue of significance to administrative decision-making:
Whether, on the facts to be found by the Tribunal, an agency such as the respondent [the eSafety Commissioner] may avoid the jurisdiction of the Tribunal by achieving an outcome by taking steps which may not amount to a formal exercise of a statutory power instead of achieving that outcome by formally exercising a statutory power whose exercise is subject to review by the Tribunal.”
The big firms have capitalised on a soft professional services market, spending the summer picking off partners and staff for their own ranks.
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