Barristers

The High Court will not hear sports merchandise company Fanatics' trade mark fight with AFL apparel maker FanFirm, which Fanatics argued would provide guidance on the defence of honest concurrent use.

A tribunal has awarded a tunneller who worked on major projects like the Lane Cove tunnel project a record $2.4 for dust-related injury, describing the safety breaches of Bennett’s employers over his 30-year career as “egregious”. 

VCAT has upheld a local council's refusal of a plan to build a three-storey luxury apartment building at a vacant lot in East Melbourne, saying it would "visually dominate" a neighbouring heritage-listed home.

The co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria have lost their bid to join collapsed builder Probuild’s primary insurer AIG to their case over $356 million in alleged defects.

A prominent silk renowned for his "intellectual precision" and "impeccable taste" has been sworn in as the newest judge of the NSW Supreme Court.

A funder that has allegedly refused to provide further funding in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project is also fighting the plaintiff’s bid to discontinue the case, with a judge calling the funder’s opposition “very problematic”. 

A funder that has refused to continue funding a class action over the WestConnex road project is also fighting the plaintiff’s bid to discontinue the case, with a judge calling the funder’s opposition “very problematic”. 

Delta Power & Energy, the owner of the Vales Point coal-fired power station in NSW, will defend ASIC proceedings accusing it of manipulating the market for electricity futures contracts by arguing that it acted honestly. 

The High Court has taken up an appeal by the Victorian planning minister in a row with IGA that seeks guidance on the jurisdictional reach of the state Supreme Court in planning disputes.

The High Court will hear Uber's $81 million fight with the NSW State Revenue Office, in a case that could clarify whether digital platform operators are on the hook for payroll tax.