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The High Court has agreed to weigh in on two failed shareholder class actions against the Commonwealth Bank, in a case that could clarity the elusive test for damages in shareholder class actions.
The start-up behind Hungry Jack's plant-based 'Rebel Whopper' wants a court to review IP Australia's decision that a proposed patent covering its fake meat product didn't pass muster.
The law firm running a no win, no fee class action against ANZ and superannuation trustee OnePath has defended a $1.7 million cut from a $50 million settlement to cover an after-the-event insurance policy.
The former CEO of beverage company Nudie and his wife can't escape a liquidator’s case that seeks to void clauses of a settlement that released them from breach of duty claims over an alleged fraudulent tax scheme.
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The developer of a North Ipswich residential estate has lost its appeal against orders that it pay over $250,000 in commissions to a real estate project marketing company hired to facilitate the sale of lots.
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The holder of a mining tenement in Western Australia has succeeded in setting aside a $500,000 statutory demand by a pastoral leaseholder, with a court finding there was a genuine issue in dispute about whether the amount was owed when no mining activities were undertaken.
The High Court has overturned a longstanding precedent that churches are not liable for the intentional criminal acts of its clergy, in a decision that plaintiff firms have said will have a “significant impact” on survivor claims in Australia.
A former TechnologyOne executive has appealed a judge's finding that he was lawfully terminated, after the matter was remitted following an appeals court decision that tossed his $5.2 million damages win.
Telstra has lost its bid for a split trial in a case looking to put the telco on the hook for an ex-employee's alleged sexual harassment of his neighbours.
Bunnings’ recent success in a privacy case concerning its use of facial recognition technology was only a "narrow victory" and should not be taken as a “green light” to businesses to follow suit, experts have told Lawyerly.