Perry Herzfeld

The advocacy group that's challenging the government's under-16s social media ban has hit back at the Commonwealth’s allegation that it lacks standing, telling the High Court the ban is having “profound” effects on its members. 

FX Group Holdings has partly succeeded in its appeal of a finding that it owes private equity firm CPE Capital $96.89 million in a dispute over a profit-sharing agreement tied to the sale of CPE’s stake in trading platform Pepperstone.

In reasons for siding with a Regis Resources unit, a judge has found former environment minister Tanya Plibersek lacked authority to declare part of the McPhillamys gold mine heritage protected after she received new information about a "central and material" Dreaming story. 

Trial in a shareholder class action against water treatment firm Phoslock and auditor KPMG could be held as late as February 2028 after the plaintiffs flagged plans to tweak their case.

A judge has ordered Pacific Shopping Centres unit Wadren to hand over photos of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre car park from 2017 and 2018 to co-owner QIC Werribee in a dispute over alleged structural defects. 

The National Basketball League has succeeded in staying preliminary discovery proceedings by the Illawarra Hawks and Melbourne Phoenix basketball clubs, with a judge finding their licence agreement contained a broad dispute resolution clause.

A KPMG partner who resigned in the wake of the firm's leaks scandal in May has defended his auditing of now defunct steelmaker Arrium, telling a court that inconsistencies were resolved through talks with management.

The former chairman of collapsed Arrium has denied that his purchase of 750,000 shares was aimed at showing confidence in the company, attributing his purchase to a personal policy. 

A director of defunct Arrium has told a court he didn't believe it was necessary to revisit the steelmaker's iron ore price assumption before approving the company's 2014 accounts, even after the price fell significantly.

One Nation politician Pauline Hanson has asked the High Court to overturn a finding that she breached the Racial Discrimination Act with a tweet that said Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan”.