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Judgment was delivered this morning by the Court of Appeal, dismissing with costs the appeals instituted by four government workers in relation to their claims for damages for psychiatric injury as a result of stress in their workplace arising from disciplinary processes.

Crown Law administers a number of trade mark applications on behalf of its various clients. IP Australia, the Australian Government agency that administers the intellectual property rights system, including trade marks, has recently undertaken a review of the fees charged for trade mark applications. In undertaking the review, IP Australia identified an inconsistency in the Schedule of Fees under the Trade Marks Regulations 1995 (Cth).

On 27 May 2016 the New South Wales Court of Appeal held that a police officer failed to establish that any breach of duty on the part of his employer caused him to suffer work-related psychiatric injuries.

Crown Law is hosting its annual legal conference for government officers on Wednesday, 20 July 2016.

A consent determination was made in favour of the Birriah People on 23 March 2016 by the Honourable Justice Logan of the Federal Court, sitting in Collinsville.