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Following a class action led by leading law firm Slater and Gordon and Redfern Legal Centre, a judgment was today handed down in the Supreme Court of NSW which awarded significant damages to the lead plaintiff, Raya Meredith, for an unlawful strip search undertaken by NSW Police at the Splendour in the Grass Festival in 2018.

Slater and Gordon denounces NSW Police Appeal in strip search class action

NSW Supreme Court to deliver strip search class action judgment

We are hiring an Intake Officer to ensure that people who approach Redfern Legal Centre for assistance are provided a trauma-informed, respectful and culturally safe service. In particular, the Intake Officer will ensure that Redfern Legal Centre’s intake is culturally safe for First Nations clients.

This webinar provides an overview of law and policy in public and community housing.

A court has knocked back a developer's bid to convert a Sydney boarding house into four luxury homes, after local council rejected its proposal. LFD Developments purchased the 32-room property in Paddington, and served residents with eviction orders last October.

Taite Collins filmed his partner Collin Burling being surrounded by officers at their public housing block in Sydney’s Waterloo.

A fast food worker has been awarded a record $305,000 payout in a sexual discrimination case involving her boss. The landmark decision takes into account the victim's vulnerability and sends a warning to employers nationwide.

On the bad days, late at night, “Kate” finds herself back in the tent at a Sydney music festival, a terrified 18-year-old paralysed by fear. She’s been ordered to strip naked, cornered in the small space and is bending over in front of two female police officers searching her for illicit drugs.

The Law Report speaks to the Nepalese student awarded Australia's highest sexual harassment compensation payment in a case against her employer at a Sydney fast food restaurant.