Judgment

Property developer Peet Keysborough has won an injunction requiring $3.78 million to be held in trust in a lawsuit over contamination at a development site it purchased.

A company linked to the Victorian Liberal Party will have to turn over unredacted versions of a loan provided to former party leader John Pesutto to help him pay $2.3 million owed to MP Moira Deeming in defamation proceedings. 

INXS has had mixed success in its challenge to a Chinese clothing company's IMXS trade mark, with IP Australia allowing an amended version of the disputed mark to be registered.

Whitehaven Coal has won a court's imprimatur for leases to mine coal at its Winchester South site, despite the court's finding that emissions from the project near Moranbah, Queensland would be "extraordinary".

Amcor is liable for some of the $23 million in costs claimed by builder Glenvill for asbestos contamination remediation at a former industrial site in Alphington, Melbourne, a court has ruled.

A developer has succeeded in overturning a ruling that it owes $6.1 million in damages to an off-the-plan buyer after it sold two Brisbane penthouses to other buyers for more than double the original contract price.

A judge has approved a $29.6 million settlement in a class action against Westpac’s former home lending business RAMS, including $4 million in legal costs and a $12 million funding commission. 

A New Zealand judge has refused to grant Gilbert + Tobin full access to confidential documents in a trade mark stoush between coffee makers Cantarella and Lavazza, saying the issue should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

US-based investment firm StepStone has won the removal of two ring trade marks held by Trilogy Funds, with a delegate finding the Australian fund manager's use of the ring within the name 'Trilogy' differed from the registered marks.

A chemical engineer who helped develop patented technology to prevent pollution from fracking operations has failed in his bid to be bought out by the company for $1.43 million, with a judge rejecting his claims of shareholder oppression.