Sam Matthews

Fletcher Building Group unit Iplex has lost its bid to save its parent company from being joined to a case brought by builder J-Corp over allegedly defective pipes.

In a defence to its former chief legal officer's unfair dismissal case, online travel agency Webjet says the sole reason for her sacking was “ongoing underperformance”.

The High Court has unanimously granted home retailer Bed Bath N’ Table’s appeal of a ruling that retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.

A judge has called out the directors of failed Super Rugby club Melbourne Rebels for their “startling” inability to explain their case against the club’s administrators and the tax office.

A judge has found the ATO knowingly received millions misappropriated by a former Kupang Resources director in order to satisfy a tax debt against him, with a judge skewering the tax office for instituting a “policy of wilful blindness” in pursuit of the debt.

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lost his challenge to a finding that that he raped colleague Brittany Higgins, with an appeals court going further in finding Lehrmann was not just recklessly indifferent to Higgins' consent, but knew she was not consenting and "proceeded nonetheless”.

The Fair Work Commission has ordered labour hire firm Adecco to reinstate a pregnant worker who was unfairly dismissed from her role at an Amazon warehouse in Sydney after disclosing that she was seven weeks pregnant.

A judge on Tuesday penalised Google $55 million for anti-competitive deals requiring Telstra and Optus to pre-install its search engine on Android devices, but has questioned why action wasn't taken against the telcos. 

Charter Hall has acquired the Burwood One shopping centre in Melbourne’s east for $210 million, just days after snapping up a triple-supermarket-anchored shopping destination in Queensland. 

A judge has ordered that a $5 million penalty ASIC won against Noumi be made available for distribution to group members in a class action against the food giant, on top of a $43 million settlement.