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eSafety Commissioner says X can’t use Twitter merger to escape regulation
Appeals 2025-03-26 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

The eSafety Commissioner has told the Full Court X Corp should not be able to use its merger with corporate predecessor Twitter to escape regulation.

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Judge ‘far too demanding’ in Worley class action, shareholder says
Class Actions 2025-03-20 11:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge was too exacting in deciding the applicant in a shareholder class action against engineering services firm Worley suffered no loss from misleading guidance, an appeals court has heard.

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In shareholder class action appeal, Worley argues judge ‘went off the rails’
Appeals 2025-03-19 11:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge “went off the rails” in finding Worley liable for misleading or deceptive conduct, a lawyer for the engineering services company has said on the first day of an appeal in a shareholder class action.

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Law firms ask court to bless $42.5M cut of $170M Allianz class action settlement
Class Actions 2025-03-11 11:57 pm By Sam Matthews

The Supreme Court of Victoria has been urged not to meddle with a 25 per cent group costs order in a junk insurance class action that settled for $170 million, in what would be the court’s second blessing of a law firm contingency fee.

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Developer’s challenge to NSW Ports decision an abuse of process, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-03-11 1:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mayfield Development is barred from bringing claims already traversed in a competition case by the ACCC that was thrown out by a court, NSW Ports has told an appeals court.

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Favouring ‘light touch’, judge stays suit against Esso, Woodside over Bass Strait royalties
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-18 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Gas giants Esso and Woodside have won their bid to stay a court case related to a project for extracting hydrocarbons in the Bass Strait, with a judge finding the court should apply a ‘light touch’ when interpreting arbitration agreements.

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High Court confirms self-repped law firms can recover costs
High Court 2025-02-05 1:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A High Court majority has found self-represented law firms can recover costs for their solicitors’ work, but in dissent two judges said the ruling effectively restored an exception scrapped five years ago.

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Successor trustee owes no fiduciary duty to former trustee, High Court says
Appeals 2025-02-05 3:28 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has dismissed an appeal of a finding that a successor trustee owes no fiduciary duty to a former trustee to preserve an entitlement to indemnification.

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India wins foreign state immunity appeal in fight over $111.3M arbitral award
Arbitration 2025-01-31 10:32 pm By Sam Matthews

The government of India has overturned a finding that it couldn’t dodge a $111.3 million arbitral award in a dispute with three Mauritian companies, with an appeals court finding it did not waive foreign state immunity in the case.  

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High Court deals blow to NSW builders in ruling on new duty of care
Appeals 2024-12-11 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has ruled that NSW builders cannot point fingers at their subcontractors as concurrent wrongdoers for negligent construction defects under the Design and Building Practitioners Act.

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