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Hytera launches High Court challenge in IP dispute with Motorola
Intellectual Property 2025-01-17 3:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Radio manufacturer Hytera wants the High Court to hear its appeal of a finding that it misappropriated Motorola’s source code in a case of “substantial industrial theft”.

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‘What’s done is done’: Judge defers penalty hearing in Harvey Norman case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-01-17 3:04 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has deferred the question of what penalties Harvey Norman and Latitude Finance should face in a case by ASIC until their appeals are heard, noting the “regrettable” fragmentation of the case. 

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Court rejects plan for ecologically sustainable Port Stephens development
Environment 2025-01-21 3:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has rejected green developer Kingshill’s development application for an “ecologically sustainable” 1,900 residential lot concept in Port Stephens, upholding findings that it could have significant impacts on local wildlife.

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‘Back to the future’: High Court’s Pafburn decision sends construction litigation to 2002
Analysis 2025-01-20 5:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A recent High Court decision that dealt a blow to builders and developers in NSW will usher in a return to a pre-2002 litigation regime, when plaintiffs only sued the parties with the deepest pockets, an expert has told Lawyerly. 

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Gunns creditor returns to High Court in protracted spat with liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-01-15 10:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A creditor of defunct forestry giant Gunns Plantations has filed a High Court challenge after it didn’t pay the company a $1.2 million judgment that confirmed the peak indebtedness rule does not apply in insolvency law.

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Virgin loses appeal after axing flight attendant who drank 7.5 hours before shift
Employment 2025-01-15 11:39 pm By Andy Sidler

Virgin Airlines has lost its appeal of a Fair Work Commission ruling that reinstated a flight attendant who was dismissed for drinking a glass of prosecco 7.5 hours before a flight. 

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Activists drop legal challenge to New Acland coal mine
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-01-15 4:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An environmental group has dropped its court fight over the expansion of the New Acland coal mine in Queensland, saying the case — which went to the High Court — had taken a heavy financial toll.

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High Court to weigh $2.9M valuation for heritage property in Melbourne CBD
Real Estate 2025-01-17 10:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The valuer general of Victoria has told the High Court that a property in Melbourne’s CBD should be valued at $6.2 million rather than $2.9 million, despite a heritage constraint on development. 

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Russian aluminium giant appeals Rio Tinto war sanctions case to High Court
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-01-13 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

Russian company UC Rusal wants the High Court to hear its appeal of an “extremely harsh” finding that Rio Tinto was entitled to refuse alumina deliveries due to export sanctions.

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Appeals challenge declassing orders in COVID-19 insurance class actions
Class Actions 2025-01-13 11:02 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firm Gordon Legal has filed appeals after a judge ordered the declassing of several proceedings over COVID-19 business interruption losses.

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