Barristers

The High Court has put the brakes on a $650 million case by Mercedes-Benz dealers over the car maker's switch to a fixed-price sales model, despite acknowledging the "important issues" the appeal raised.

The High Court won't weigh in on a case over strip searches of Qatar Airways passengers, following a mixed ruling that revived claims against the airline but found Qatar's aviation authority could not be sued.

Developer Villawood wants to add its director’s three daughters to its case over an alleged “dishonest and fraudulent design” to divert valuable management fees for a project in Wallan, Victoria to the director’s family company.

The High Court has declined to hear an appeal of a ruling that found the directors of payday lenders Cigno and BSF are liable for the companies' unlicensed credit activity.

The judge overseeing a class action alleging Sony used restrictive trade practices to block competition with its Playstation store has told the applicant to get “a bigger team” on the slow-moving case. 

A woman has lost her lawsuit seeking to get out of an agreement to purchase an apartment 'off the plan' in a luxury development in Sydney's harbourside suburb of Rushcutters Bay, after the wrong colour marble was installed in the kitchen.

A judge has lengthened the trial in pianist Jayson Gillham's case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra from five to 15 days, noting the substantial number of witnesses and the reputational consequences of the case. 

Engineering firm Wood & Grieve has failed to convince a judge to compel CPB Contractors to provide it with further and better particulars in a dispute over work on Perth's Elizabeth Quay redevelopment.

Several Apache Corporation units have failed to block Santos from withdrawing admissions in a long-running fight over $83 million in tax credits related to Apache's $2.1 billion sale of certain assets, with a judge finding Apache’s prejudice arguments were “significantly overstated”.

Microsoft has offered to refund millions of customers who the consumer cop says unwittingly subscribed to its AI assistant Copilot without being told a cheaper AI-free option was available.