Daily wrap
Yesterday’s HCA special leave results - HCA 09/10/25 Results
Billabong founder wins right to fight ATO in High Court [Capital Brief paywall]
Gordon Merchant is also suing consulting giant EY over tax advice that landed him with a $50 million bill.
Judge rules against Kostakidis defence [The Australian paywall]
A Federal Court justice rejected an argument by former SBS newsreader Mary Kostakidis that ‘speech … criticising the actions of Israel can never contravene’ the Racial Discrimination Act.
The Federal Court yesterday ordered that Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) pay $5.8 million in civil penalties in relation to a data breach by its Medlab Pathology business in February 2022. The breach resulted in the unauthorised access and exfiltration of the personal information of over 223,000 individuals. These are the first civil penalties ordered under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
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CATCHWORDS - STATE AND FEDERAL JUDICIARY – whether decision of the Queensland Court of Appeal in Greig v Stramit Corporation (2004) 2 Qd R 17 interpreting s 588FF(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) should be departed from as plainly wrong
Bench vs boardroom [Capital Brief paywall]
High Court justice Simon Steward says it is "only a matter of time" before directors face court for involving their companies in social and political debates.
Former One Nation Senator Rod Culleton found guilty of making a false declaration on his candidate nomination papers for the 2022 federal election!
— #Vaxatious Litigant 💉⚖️👨⚖️ (#@ExposingNV)
9:17 PM • Oct 8, 2025
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