Christine Caulfield

The IP rights holder of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings franchises has resolved its trade mark dispute with Australian vegan burger chain Lord of the Fries.

Retail energy supplier AGN has defended its series of 'Love Gas' ads against enforcement action by the consumer regulator, saying it had reasonable grounds for promising the product was "becoming renewable".

The developer of a North Ipswich residential estate has lost its appeal against orders that it pay over $250,000 in commissions to a real estate project marketing company hired to facilitate the sale of lots.

In its latest move over the $1 billion collapse of investment funds linked to Keystone and Falcon Capital, the corporate regulator has banned another MWL Financial adviser who touted Keystone's Shield Master Fund.

Service station chain United Petroleum has resolved its case alleging competitor On The Run made unjustified claims of infringement over trade marks for 'Quickstop' and 'Cigmart'.

Fashion retailer City Beach is challenging a $14 million penalty secured by the ACCC in the consumer regulator's first enforcement action for breaches of button battery safety standards.

Amid a dispute over a $52 million mixed-use project in Melbourne, builder LU Simon has secured a court's approval to pay the developer cash equivalent to two bank guarantees in exchange for return of the security.

An adjudicator’s finding that it had no jurisdiction to rule on a payment claim in a dispute over a Sydney development was a binding determination under SOPA, an appeals court has said in upholding a decision that a builder’s pursuit of a second, favourable adjudication was an abuse of process.

Former senator Linda Reynolds' decision to accept the Commonwealth's help in picking up her legal tab in litigation by staffer Brittany Higgins came with the condition that the government might take control of her defence, a court has been told.

A group of former Brighton Secondary College students have launched a representative proceeding against the State of Victoria and the school's former principal for his failure to address a "high level" of antisemitic bullying.