Appeals

The High Court has slashed by 75 per cent the exemplary damages won by former youth detainees in Darwin who were unlawfully sprayed with tear gas, despite finding the conduct was "reprehensible". 

Honda has succeed in challenging a $13.6 million damages award to a former dealer whose contract was broken when the car maker transitioned away from a dealer model.

A judge has refused an egg producer's bid for a non-party costs order against Melbourne firm Gordon Legal, saying he was not satisfied the filing of a defective notice was sufficient to invoke the court’s wasted costs jurisdiction.

A class action by the owners of a residential Sydney building is challenging a ruling for Alucobond panel maker 3A Composites and supplier Halifax Vogel, which found developers were responsible for ensuring the cladding's safety.

DC Comics is taking another swing at a Sydney man's bid to register 'kryptonite diet' as a trade mark, arguing he acted "willfully blind" or in bad faith in registering the mark given its sizable reputation in the fictional substance from the Superman franchise.

Engineering firm Clough Projects Australia has lost its challenge to a judge's decision that stayed a $55 million cross-claim against former EnergyConnect joint venture partner Elecnor but kept Elecnor's case alive.

Social media app Giggle for Girls has asked the High Court to reverse a finding that it committed direct discrimination on the basis of gender identity by excluding a transgender woman from its platform.

The High Court won't hear a challenge to a dismissed negligence suit against a Sydney solicitor, in an appeal dealing with whether lawyers need to examine the underlying contracts in a dispute before determining whether a claim or defence has merit.

The High Court has granted special leave to traditional owners who argue the Full Court erred in finding the WA government’s decision to expedite an exploration application by mining company Uro Western is not subject to judicial review. 

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy has prevailed in an appeal as part of so-called mega litigation brought by CITIC over the $12 billion Sino Iron project in WA, with the court taking aim at both sides for the "intolerable" cost to the community of their endless dispute.