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Administrative law

Kaempfe v University of New South Wales

The Tribunal set aside a summons issued to UNSW’s Vice-Chancellor, finding the requests lacked a legitimate forensic purpose and were oppressive.

  • Summons
  • Legitimate forensic purpose
  • Oppressive process
  • Relevance
  • Set aside summons
  • Legitimate-forensic-purpose
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Administrative law

HYH v University of Wollongong (No 2)

The Tribunal partly granted suppression orders: HYH’s name was suppressed and Annexures D and E were withheld, but broader secrecy orders were refused.

  • Non-publication orders
  • Non-disclosure orders
  • Open justice
  • Confidential evidence
  • Suppression orders
  • Non-publication-orders
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Environmental law

Save Wallum Incorporated v Bayside Brunswick Pty Ltd & Anor

Interlocutory injunction application dismissed. The Court held Save Wallum had not shown a prima facie BC Act offence or that the balance of convenience favoured restraint.

  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Threatened species
  • Habitat damage
  • Biodiversity conservation act 2016 (nsw)
  • Development consent
  • Balance of convenience
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Practice and procedure

Badari v Minister for Housing and HomelandsCitation:[2025] HCA 48Before:Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson JJDate:03 Dec 2025Case Number:D1/2025Read more

The High Court held the Full Court lacked jurisdiction to dismiss a declaration application after declining a referral, and set that dismissal aside.

  • Jurisdiction of full court
  • Referral under supreme court act
  • Dismissal of application
  • Interpretation of court orders
  • Jurisdiction
  • Practice-and-procedure
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Practice and procedure

Kain v R&B Investments Pty LtdErnst & Young (a firm) v R&B Investments Pty LtdShand v R&B Investments Pty LtdCitation:[2025] HCA 28Before:Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot, Beech-Jones JJDate:06 Aug 2025Case Number:S146/2024, S144/2024 , S143/2024Read more

The High Court held that the Federal Court cannot make a common fund order in favour of a law practice at settlement or judgment where that would conflict with NSW legal profession costs rules.

  • Common fund orders
  • Costs agreements
  • Distribution of settlement funds
  • Regulation of legal profession
  • Common-fund-orders
  • Representative-proceedings
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Practice and procedure

Pure Metals Pty Ltd v Shaw and Partners Limited

The Court upheld Shaw Partners’ privilege claims over 55 documents and dismissed Pure Metals’ motion for production with costs.

  • Disclosure
  • Legal professional privilege
  • Litigation privilege
  • Waiver of privilege
  • In-house counsel communications
  • Legal-professional-privilege
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Employment law

McGrory v Horizon One Recruitment Pty Ltd (No 2)

McGrory v Horizon One Recruitment Pty Ltd (No 2) [2025] FCA 153

The Federal Court entered summary judgment for Horizon One, struck out Dr McGrory’s statement of claim, and ordered costs after finding no viable claim was pleaded.

  • Summary judgment
  • Strike out of pleadings
  • Costs under fair work act
  • Adverse action
  • Coercion
  • Discrimination
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