The Latest Breaking News from Federal Court

The Federal Court has dismissed an application for $53 million damages claim in a class action by horse owners over alleged deaths and side effects from the Hendra vaccine.

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A lawyer representing traditional owners has argued against Santos' claims that the Tiwi Islanders did not need to be consulted on an offshore gas project.

Lawyers for Santos have told a court the gas giant was not legally required to consult a specific clan of traditional owners over its plans to drill in the Barossa gas field in the Timor Sea, north of Darwin.

Gas company Santos is in the Federal Court, fighting a ruling to stop offshore drilling at its massive gas field off the Tiwi Islands.

Judge Michael Truncale (E.D. Tex.) issued a preliminary injunction, including against pending prosecutions, concluding that the film is likely fully constitutionally protected, and that the prosecutor's theory that it contains child pornography is likely unsound. Federal courts generally abstain from blocking pending state prosecutions, under the so-called Younger abstention doctrine.…

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Angry shareholders have filed a second class action over Blue Sky's 2019 implosion when its market value was wiped unexpectedly.

The Federal Court has found that National Australia Bank engaged in unconscionable conduct by overcharging customers in periodic payment fees for several years.