Appeals

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is challenging a ruling that threw out half the criminal charges against direct bank Members Equity, arguing the statute of limitations doesn't apply to serious corporate misconduct.

Google has argued there would be a “devastating” effect on the internet if the High Court upholds a judgment awarded to gangland lawyer George Defteros that found the tech giant liable for linking to an allegedly defamatory article.

The ACCC will seek a higher penalty against Employsure over misleading Google advertisements, after a judge found the consumer regulator's proposed $5 million penalty was inappropriate and instead ordered the specialist workplace relations consultancy to pay $1 million.

The Transport Workers Union has appealed a judge's decision that compensation was a more appropriate remedy for 1,800 Qantas workers who had been denied the "matchless blessing" of a job than reinstatement.

Ford has challenged its loss in a class action over its allegedly defective PowerShift transmissions, arguing group members who have had their cars repaired are not entitled to damages.

The New South Wales Bar Association has lost an appeal seeking a financial penalty and a professional reprimand against a Sydney barrister for his “poorly judged, vulgar and inappropriate” behaviour, with an appeals court finding damage to his reputation and a hike in his insurance premium dwarfed any punishment it could dole out.

The lead applicant in a superannuation class action against two IOOF units has successfully appealed a decision that barred the case from proceeding under a carveout in Victoria's Supreme Court Act forbidding class actions involving trust property.

Singapore telecommunications giant SingTel cannot claim over $894 million in tax deductible "transfer pricing benefits" for interest paid by a cross-border subsidiary on a loan for the $14.2 billion acquisition of Optus, the Federal Court has ruled.

Refugee activist Shane Bazzi has appealed a defamation judgment ordering him to pay $35,000 in damages to Peter Dutton over a tweet which accused the defence minister of being a rape apologist.

Australia’s leading regional airline faces further litigation after an appeals court found it sent a threatening letter to prospective cadet pilots, urging them to stay in cheap, “inappropriate accommodation” in order to demonstrate their commitment to the company.