Judgment

A union representing medical officers has lost its appeal of a ruling which found that junior doctors at state-run hospitals in NSW are not temporary employees who are entitled to a 10 per cent allowance. 

Two investment firms have been hit with combined penalties of nearly $100,000 for failing to pay infringement notices issued by the financial crimes regulator.

Australia's youngest billionaire, known as 'Lambo guy', has lost his appeal of a $3.8 million judgment under the Security of Payment Act over payments owed to the builder on a disability support accommodation in Gosford, NSW.

A recent judgment that clarified the date for assessing best method knowledge for divisional patents appears to create new difficulties for patent applicants, lawyers say.

A Sydney businessman has emerged victorious in a fight with DC Comics over his bid to register a 'kryptonite diet' logo as a trade mark.

The former chief operating officer of mowing franchise Jim's Group has won court approval to tweak claims in a lawsuit alleging he was sacked for reporting financial irregularities and potential fraud.

A judge has approved a $67 million settlement in a class action against QSuper but has trimmed the payout for the litigation funder, criticising it for a "brazen and unjustified" deduction that was dropped during the hearing.

An appeals court has shaved nine months off ex-investment banker Rodney Forrest's prison sentence for insider trading, after he accessed confidential information from the computer of Platinum Asset Management's chairman about a takeover offer.

A judge has stayed a judgment under the Security of Payment Act, finding that “exceptional circumstances” were not needed to justify such an order in light of a recent judgment that issued a rare stay of a SOPA determination.

Salter Brothers had successfully defended a challenge to the approval of a development application for a mixed-use project in Brisbane's south adjacent to the Mercure Hotel.