A GIO insurance policy held by labour hire company Workpac extended to indemnify a Rio Tinto mine operator for damages resulting from an injury to a worker, an appeals court has found.
Mills Oakley has lured three new partners to join its commercial disputes and insurance teams from DLA Piper, HopgoodGanim and Holding Redlich.
Software giant Oracle has won its bid to stay a $252 million fight with ATO over royalties, with the Full Federal Court finding the cases would not provide guidance in 15 other software disputes about the operation of the royalty tax.
Westpac has lost a dispute with a part-time employee who asked to work from home to care for two young children and was told by a manager that “working from home is no substitution for childcare”.
Iplex Pipelines has argued builder BGC should hand over documents relating to its estimate that it will cost $123 million to fix homes it claims were fitted with faulty pipes manufactured by the Fletcher Building unit.
Australian real estate is bouncing back, with returns expected in the 7 to 9 per cent range over the next year, after a period of contraction triggered by an interest rate spike, according to new research.
Former Keybridge CEO Nicholas Bolton, who was voted out in a board spill earlier this year, has lost his bid to bring a derivative suit against director Frank Catalano over a failed bid to acquire a rural publisher previously owned by Nine.
A judge has refused to join the ATO as an interested party to a case over the receivership of investment platform Brite Advisors, after the receivers worried they could be on the hook for $75.4 million in capital gains tax.
A group of investors have won a dispute against a Newcastle-based company over a foreclosure on a mortgage in relation to a Gold Coast which did not proceed.
A judge has declined car dealer software supplier Pentana’s bid to withdraw admissions made over four years ago in a dispute with competitor Titan DMS.