Cindy Cameronne

A developer has lost a $18 million dispute with the Victorian revenue office over duties for purchasing the Alphington Paper Mill, which it plans to develop into a new mini-suburb with 2,500 homes. 

Underpayments class actions against Coles and Woolworths want to expand their claims to cover a longer time period, which would leave the supermarket giants with even bigger remediation bills than the $780 million estimated in the wake of a finding that underpayments cannot be set off.

University of Sydney staff members who claim a professor unlawfully “named and shamed” them as pro-Israel have lost their bid to continue their racial discrimination case as a class action, while the university has lost a summary dismissal bid in a similar case.

The NSW government is fighting a bid to add a direct discrimination claim by the lead applicant in a class action alleging racial discrimination over the placement of children in state care. 

Harvey Norman says it should be fined no more than $24 million for running misleading ads, urging a court not to punish it for "intemperate" remarks its founder made in the media about the legal system.

ASIC on Thursday pushed for penalties totalling $85 million against Harvey Norman and Latitude Finance, after an appeals court found the retailer’s ads touting interest-free financing were misleading.

The owner of Sydney developer Coronation Property has sued Fairfax for defamation over a Sydney Morning Herald story that allegedly linked him to arson attacks on two childcare centres and the home of YouTuber Jordan Shanks. 

Mining equipment supplier Southern Cross Industrial has lost its suit alleging an industrial lighting manufacturer infringed its patent for a portable light tower, with a judge finding the patent invalid.

Russia has lost its High Court challenge to the federal government’s decision to terminate its lease on a site where it intended to build a new embassy in Canberra, but the court found the Commonwealth must pay the country reasonable compensation. 

A judge has ordered a flat contingency fee at a rate below the maximum sought by the firm running a class action against Mineral Resources, agreeing with a colleague that recent shareholder class action losses don't justify a higher percentage.