Barristers

A lease granted to developer Quarry Street over the site of the abandoned Paddington Bowling Club did not constitute use of the land under Aboriginal land rights legislation, a High Court majority has found.

A judge has ordered Adina West Melbourne to pay $2.3 million to Trenerry's West End LandCo, including $1 million in unpaid rent, despite finding COVID-19 lockdowns were a force majeure event under the lease.

The applicant in a class action by former RAMS franchisees can't intervene in proceedings by ASIC against the defunct Westpac mortgage unit, with a judge finding the outcome of the ASIC case will not affect the class action.

Meta has lost its latest bid to strike out the consumer regulator’s case alleging it failed to put up “reasonable safeguards” to prevent scam cryptocurrency ads on its Facebook platform.

The Full Federal Court has tossed Latitude Finance and Harvey Norman's appeal of a ruling that found the retailer's ads touting 'interest free' payment methods were misleading. 

Two failed shareholder class actions against Commonwealth Bank have been returned to a judge to decide if 'no transaction' claims can still be pursued, a move CBA argues is a way to keep alive cases that are “truly dead”.

The High Court is poised to provide guidance on the defence of honest concurrent use in trade mark disputes, agreeing to hear an appeal by buy now, pay later giant Zip Co in its fight with Firstmac over the 'Zip' trade mark.

The corporate regulator has won the High Court's leave to challenge a ruling for cryptocurrency firm Block Earner that it argues will allow future crypto products to evade the rules.

Australia’s most-decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost his bid for special leave from the High Court to appeal a judge’s findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

A judge has struck out builder CPB Contractor's “clearly untenable” claim against Transport for NSW for $63 million in delay costs for work on the Pacific Highway upgrade.