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Yesterday the High Court delivered a landmark ruling, holding the indefinite detention regime under the Migration Act to be unconstitutional, overturning the Al-Kateb decision. The case, NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, concerned a stateless Rohingya...
In 2008 the High Court published its judgment in Kennon v Spry, which addressed the concept of rights in a discretionary trust as “property” under s79 of the Family Law Act. In 2022 the the Family Court revisited the issue in Woodcock v Woodcock...
Banco Chambers warmly congratulates Ruth Higgins SC who was elected as President of the NSW Bar Association today. Ruth will serve as the 43rd President of the NSW Bar and will lead a Bar Council which also includes Vanessa Whittaker SC and Megan Caristo of...
Banco Chambers’ Climate Change Practice Group continues to be active publishing on climate related business risks. Most recently, Sebastian Hartford Davis, together with Zoe Bush of the Environmental Defenders Office, published an opinion commissioned...
In Karpik v Carnival PLC (The Ruby Princess) [2023] FCA 1280 the Federal Court awarded damages to a plaintiff in a class action arising from a COVID 19 outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise ship. The proceedings concerned a 13 day cruise that departed...
Recent developments in the class action landscape have seen increased filings in underpayment and/or rest break class actions filed on behalf of employees in a wide range of industries. Some of these class actions involve rival proceedings commenced by...
Banco Chambers congratulates Ben Kremer, Declan Roche, Fiona Roughley, and Robert Yezerski on their well deserved appointments to Senior Counsel today. Their appointments brings the total number of silks at Banco to 24. Ben Kremer was admitted to the...
Today Bromwich J delivered judgment in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Delta Building Automation Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 880, a cartel conduct prosecution. His Honour found that the ACCC had proved that the Respondent had engaged in attempted...
In Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Phoenix Institute of Australia Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) (No 3) [2023] FCA 859, the Federal Court imposed a record $438 million civil penalty on the Respondents for breaches of...