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Daily wrap
4 decisions handed down by High Court yesterday. Judgment summaries below:
Unfairly sacked workers can claim damages for psychiatric injury after High Court ruling [SMH paywall]
In a 6-1 verdict, Vision Australia was ordered to pay $1.4 million to Adam Elisha as the High Court overturned a 115-year-old legal precedent.
Court to consider verdict in Super Retail whistleblower case [The Australian paywall]
The Super Retail court case has ended on a day in which senior counsel for the whistleblowers sensationally stepped down in the morning and lawyers argued over whether a deal was struck.
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This video concerns the problem that the Constitution of Fiji is effectively unamendable due to a very high, doubly entrenched, manner and form provision. It requires any amendment to be passed not only by a special majority of three quarters of Members of Parliament, but also by three quarters of registered voters in a referendum.
WAD13/2024 - ASIC v BRITE ADVISORS PTY LTD
Justice O'Sullivan will conduct an interlocutory hearing in this matter tomorrow, 13 December at 9am ACDT.
To observe the hearings remotely, you can access the livestream here: youtube.com/@FederalCourtA…
#fca #livestream #auslaw
— #Federal Court of Australia (#@fedcourtau)
5:00 AM • Dec 12, 2024
The High Court will tomorrow continue hearing the matter of MZJP v Director-General of Security & Anor hcourt.gov.au/assets/registr…
— #High Court of Australia (#@HighCourtofAus)
6:07 AM • Dec 12, 2024
STEWARD J: It would be odd if Parliament had intended that.
MR LENEHAN: Parliament sometimes does odd things, your Honour.
STEWARD J: Yes, that is true. That is true.
austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…
(day 1 of the challenge to the CFMEU Administration Act)— #High Court (Australia) Trivia (#@HighCourtTrivia)
12:01 AM • Dec 12, 2024
Victorian Court of Appeal sets new benchmark of $850,000 for general damages in severe historic abuse cases
— #Dominic Villa SC (#@DominicVillaSC)
1:51 AM • Dec 12, 2024
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