Judgment

Slater & Gordon has avoided calls for $6.5 million in security in its class action against Star Entertainment, with a judge saying the evidence fell well short of establishing a risk the firm could not foot the bill if it loses.

A judge has stayed Built's case against the state of NSW over a school project, finding a $500,000 litigation threshold in the state's standard construction contract applied to each dispute referred to an expert.

A Western Australian tribunal has refused to grant developer Satterley Property Group approval for a 1,000-lot town development in Perth’s Darling Ranges, finding that the site presented bushfire risks that could not be mitigated by planning modifications. 

Coles can't file more expert evidence in its fight over the ACCC's rejection of its purchase of a leasehold interest in a Kalgoorlie site, with a tribunal finding the supermarket had a chance to respond to the ACCC's "novel" harm theory.

The Full Federal Court has rejected an appeal by the applicant in a class action on behalf of post graduate students who claims he was underpaid by the University of Sydney.

A judge has allowed a racing news publication to file an amended defence in defamation proceedings by Racing NSW boss Peter V'landys to rely on particulars of the racing group's fight with the Australian Turf Club.

The liquidators of a subsidiary of collapsed media company Big Un have lost their case against financier First Class Capital alleging a three million share purchase was part of a scheme to inflate the company's stock price. 

Two witnesses in a trial over $19.5 million in funds allegedly misappropriated in a land development joint venture will be cross-examined again after a judge recused himself from the trial after eight hearing days. 

A tribunal has found that Apple indirectly discriminated against a disabled employee by requiring him to use a regular bathroom, ordering the company to pay him $18,000.

A judge has thrown out a former ANZ trader's whistleblower case alleging the bank sacked him after he complained about its attempted manipulation of the bank bill swap rate.