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Judge calls for rules committee to resolve ‘procedural vulgarity’
A judge has urged the Federal Court's rules committee to settle a question hanging over liquidators seeking to bring unfair preferences proceedings against multiple defendants.
PMFresh directors accused of funnelling cash can’t retract admissions
Two former directors of food supplier PMFresh can't withdraw admissions in a case alleging they used company funds for personal benefit, despite a related police investigation.
‘None of it strikes me as nefarious’: Judge puts ACCC’s Woolworths case to the test
A judge has again voiced doubts about the ACCC's misleading conduct case over Woolworths' 'Prices Dropped' campaign, probing counsel for the regulator at length on Thursday about how the claims stack up.
Rebel Wilson denies ‘outrageous’ Snapchat hacking claim
During her final day in the witness box, actress Rebel Wilson has denied claims that she was behind the hacking of the Snapchat account of 'The Deb' star Charlotte MacInnes.
Monland wins suit over financing for failed Hawthorn development
A judge has ruled that lender Monland can recover an outstanding debt against the director of a property developer whose Hawthorn project encountered “severe difficulties”, allegedly leaving $39 million owing under the loan.
Qantas class action funder, lawyers to take $40M from settlement
Lawyers running a class action against Qantas over flight cancellations during COVID-19 will take home $15 million from a $105 million settlement, while the funder is set to receive another $25 million, a court has heard.
Shield-linked director says ASIC probe leaves him in limbo
A former director of marketing companies linked to the failed Shield and First Guardian funds says ASIC's 14-month investigation has left him facing a travel ban and freezing orders but no substantive allegations.
IP Australia sides with Hugo Boss in trade mark challenge
Hugo Boss has won a challenge to the registration of a trade mark for 'AthleteBoss', with IP Australia finding the mark would likely cause confusion given the German fashion designer's reputation.
Apple ‘can’t be trusted to do the right thing’, Epic Games tells court
Epic Games has told a judge that Apple is treating Australian competition laws with “arrogant disrespect” and urged him to order injunctions after he found the tech giant engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace.
Hyundai, Kia say expanding class actions still in search of a defect
Three years after filing, the class actions against Hyundai and Kia are trying to pinpoint the defect at the heart of the cases, with the car manufacturers complaining that the newest pleading, which seeks to expand the claims to include an additional 380,000 vehicles, is still missing key details.