Barristers

Jewellery retailer Lovisa has struck back at an underpayments class action, saying it does not have the burden of disproving the underpayments claims because the applicants have not proven each alleged unpaid overtime hour was actually worked.

Iplex Pipelines has argued builder BGC should hand over documents relating to its estimate that it will cost $123 million to fix homes it claims were fitted with faulty pipes manufactured by the Fletcher Building unit.

The administrators of struggling regional airline Rex have entered into a sale agreement with NASDAQ-listed aviation holding company Air T, with the federal government stepping in to facilitate the sale.

Builder LU Simon has failed in an injunction bid as part of its case against the developer of a $52 million project in the inner city Melbourne suburb of Carlton.

A judge has raised concerns about whether an agreed-to $20 million penalty against Westpac's defunct home loan subsidiary RAMS is enough to deter other lenders from breaking credit rules.

A criminal defence lawyer who pleaded guilty to drug possession after being caught with cocaine outside a Queensland courthouse has been slapped with a $10,000 fine and a public reprimand after breaching a drug testing undertaking.

Software giant Oracle has won its bid to stay a $252 million fight with ATO over royalties, with the Full Federal Court finding the cases would not provide guidance in 15 other software disputes about the operation of the royalty tax. 

Brittany Higgins has reportedly dropped her appeal of a judgment that ordered her to pay $315,000 in damages for defaming her former boss Linda Reynolds with social media posts that implied the ex-Liberal senator mishandled her rape allegations against Bruce Lehrmann.

Iplex Pipelines has argued builder BGC should hand over documents relating to its estimate that it will cost $123 million to fix homes it claims were fitted with faulty pipes manufactured by the Fletcher Building unit.

A $175 million deal struck to resolve 30 class actions on behalf of junior doctors in Victoria has earned the approval of a judge, who took the unusual course of dispensing with a court hearing on the settlement.