Defending a class action brought over Victoria Police’s use of force against protestors at a mining conference in 2019, the state has told a court the case would centre on when peaceful protesting crosses a line.
Space company Equatorial Launch Australia, which is facing an unfair dismissal from its former CEO, has told a court that solvency issues mean the former executive cannot call on $5 million in convertible notes.
The Federal Court has slapped non-bank lender Firstmac with an $8 million penalty, the second doled out in ASIC proceedings for violations of the new design and distribution obligations.
Rejecting an urgent travel ban bid by the corporate cop, a court has cleared Melbourne businessman Rashid Alshakshir to fly to Indonesia, saying the evidence did not show he was a flight risk.
A nurses union has won orders barring St Vincent’s Private from representing to nurses that protected industrial action in relation to the closure of beds at various hospitals is unlawful and unprotected.
Lawyers representing two class actions against the state of Queensland over alleged unlawful removals of Indigenous children have called on the state to produce unredacted files about the lead applicants.
A bid by Victorian Liberal MP David Davis for documents on the state’s hotel quarantine program has largely failed, with a tribunal finding their release could prejudice an ongoing class action.
Online fashion retailer FWRD has lost its challenge to registration of the ‘FFWD’ trade mark by data processing software company Corezero.
Macquarie Capital has hit back at a class action over an alleged misleading prospectus for Nuix’s $1.8 billion IPO, saying it was entitled as underwriter to rely on the software company’s promises.
Wealth guru Dominque Grubisa wants the High Court to overturn a finding that she had actual knowledge her company’s statements were misleading, saying the case raises unresolved questions about accessorial liability.