Andy Sidler

A judge has refused a bid by engineering firm Destec to purge a contempt after the company posted videos produced by MinRes in an IP fight, finding it failed to fully and frankly explain the breach. 

ThinkPad maker Lenovo has launched an appeal against an IP Australia decision that US-based Boston Limited’s ‘Thinkmate’ trade mark did not step on the Chinese computer company's brand.

Food and grocery delivery riders could soon receive award-style protections, including a guaranteed minimum rate of at least $31.30 an hour, after the Fair Work Commission published a draft minimum standards order for the gig economy.

A judge has restrained the receivers of Kimberley Pearl Tours from selling the key assets of the business, finding that the WA tourism company has a reasonably arguable case that they were appointed in bad faith to exert pressure on the company. 

The Boroondara City Council has sued over a James Packer-backed residential development slated for construction in the heart of Kew Junction, alleging the planning minister wrongly accepted that adjoining land could be utilised in the development. 

Developer Emag Apartments has secured court approval for a nine-storey, 16-unit residential building just minutes from Sydney Airport after amending its proposal during a conciliation with Bayside Council.

Software company Dubber has failed in a bid to stay its case against BDO Audit pending the outcome of ASIC's action against the auditor, with a judge ordering discovery to proceed before the litigation is put on ice.

A class action on behalf of Sydney homeowners who allege their homes are sinking into the ground has reached an in-principle settlement, two weeks out from trial. 

Builder LU Simon has brought cross-claims against the architect, building surveyor and cladding subcontractor that were involved in the construction of three Fitzroy apartment buildings fitted with combustible cladding. 

Three Keybridge Capital directors have rejected claims that board minutes documenting a $4.75 million bonus to former CEO Nicholas Bolton were a post-hoc "concoction”, saying they accurately reflected an agreement reached during a nine-minute meeting in 2023.