Judgment

A judge has sent a dispute between two companies over a residential development in Melbourne’s outer west to arbitration, finding that a signature binding the developer to the process was not forged. 

An appeals court has held that former INXS manager Maria-Christina Copinger-Symes, whose father was part of a wealthy shipping dynasty, cannot withdraw concessions made by her senior counsel in her claim over her father’s estate. 

A judge has found that Shine Lawyers breached its obligations to the court by extending the life of a void 2022 proceeding and then filing a new case over the same claim.

A judge has declined to block a solicitor from representing that a new conveyancing firm, which aims to help real estate agents comply with AML/CTF obligations by holding property deposits, is operating an illegal business model.

A local amateur astronomy group has failed to convince the Administrative Review Tribunal to review a minister's decision to approve the airport plan and flight paths for the Western Sydney International Airport.

A tribunal has found a Victorian solicitor guilty of professional misconduct for over-promising on the prospects of success of a proposed property investment class action, which was never brought.

Global jewellery company Pandora has been ordered to pay $467,000 with interest to one of its former franchisees, after being scammed into transferring the money into an unknown third-party bank account. 

An RSL club in Wollongong, NSW can't pause execution of a $3 million judgment secured by a contractor pending determination of a defects case, despite claiming "catastrophic" consequences.

A judge has slammed NAB for failing to comply with court orders in a negligence case against the bank, calling its actions "discourteous and unacceptable".

A judge has tossed a nuisance claim by the Perth Day Hospital against its neighbour Fitness Cartel, finding its use of the property for "hypersensitive" surgery and medical procedures was not an 'ordinary use' protected by nuisance law.