Legal Affairs

Child detentions 'unlawful'

Patricia Karvelas THE High Court will tomorrow hear a case seeking the release of four young unaccompanied Afghan asylum-seekers held in detention since February.

ASIC makes its mark over James Hardie

1:04PM John Durie TONY D'Aloisio is showing that the securities regulator is different from the competition watchdog when it comes to the law.

Courts move to protect interests of firms

Michael Bracken RECENT court decisions seem to flag a shift towards the enforcement of post-employment restraint of trade covenants in executive contracts.

Scheme to train Aboriginal teens in law

Verity Edwards A PILOT program teaching legal studies at TAFE to Aboriginal teenagers from South Australia's remote communities will begin within weeks

Bowen opens the way to offshore appeals

Lanai Vasek ASYLUM-SEEKERS appealing against their failed refugee claims are expected to flood the courts, adding to costs and logjams.

Law gives hope but migrants still in limbo

Lanai Vasek WESAM al-Khaledi is happy other asylum-seekers will have access to the court system denied him in an appeal against a visa decision.

Refugees win access to courts

Paul Maley and Sid Maher THE Gillard government is bracing for a wave of asylum claims to swamp the legal system.

• 'BUREAUCRATIC': Sid Maher and Lanai Vasek Abbott slams asylum measures
• PROCESSING: Sid Maher Offshore option five times dearer
• MIGRANTS: Lanai Vasek Law gives hope but they're still in limbo
• BEACON: Paul Maley Who's afraid of Christmas Island now?

Offshore option five times dearer

Sid Maher OFFSHORE processing of asylum-seekers is five times more expensive than holding illegal arrivals in mainland detention facilities.

Advocates say processing move 'despicable'

lanai Vasek REFUGEE advocates have lashed out at Labor's move to streamline the processing of asylum claims.

Youth worker charged after reporting delay

Mark Schliebs A youth worker will be charged for not reporting the suspected sexual abuse of a five-year-old boy in a remote Northern Territory community.

Rio foiled in bid over union access

Patricia Karvelas RIO Tinto has lost an attempt to stop the Australian Workers Union from conducting a health inspection meeting at its Tasmanian plant.

Lend Lease's 9/11 legal woes end

Florence Chong BOVIS Lend Lease will no longer have any legal liabilities in relation to its work on the World Trade Centre site.

Lawsuit puts BP culture in spotlight

10:26AM Alexandra Frean BP condoned a corporate culture for years in which safety protocols and environmental laws were ignored in favour of profits, a lawsuit says.

Replaced CFO awarded $250,000

Susannah Moran THE CFO of Macarthur Cook has won a case against his employer after discovering, via an email to all staff, his job was to be taken over.