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Lesbian group seeks OK from Full Court to discriminate against trans women
Human Rights 2025-03-28 1:55 pm By Sam Matthews

A lesbian group is challenging the rejection of its bid to be exempt from anti-discrimination laws in order to bar trans women from its events, and wants the appeal heard by the same judges hearing a similar case.

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Dexus tells appeals court judge erred in fight with Macquarie over $1.7B shopping centre
Real Estate 2025-03-31 3:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Dexus property fund has argued that a judge went the “wrong way” in deciding that it was forced to sell its 50 per cent stake in Sydney’s largest suburban shopping centre to Macquarie Retail. 

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Cushman & Wakefield faces ex-director’s suit over $1.5M sign-on bonus
Real Estate 2025-03-31 11:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former Cushman & Wakefield managing director has filed proceedings alleging the commercial real estate broker unfairly terminated his employment to prevent him from keeping a $1.5 million sign-on bonus.

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CityLink to appeal toll dispute with Eastlink operator
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-03-28 11:33 pm By Andy Sidler

CityLink plans to appeal a February decision that found it overcharged Eastlink operator ConnectEast for roaming fees to allow users to use both toll roads on one account.

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Luxury builder Glenvill wins appeal in drawn-out battle with Amcor
Construction 2025-03-27 11:39 pm By Andy Sidler

After more than a decade, luxury home builder Glenvill is a step closer to remediation for an asbestos clean-up at an industrial site in the Melbourne suburb of Alphington, purchased from Amcor for residential development.

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eSafety Commissioner says X can’t use Twitter merger to escape regulation
Appeals 2025-03-26 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

The eSafety Commissioner has told the Full Court X Corp should not be able to use its merger with corporate predecessor Twitter to escape regulation.

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Pepper spray class action claims Victoria police intended to injure protestors
Trials 2025-03-26 11:22 pm By Andy Sidler

Mid-trial amendments to a class action over Victoria Police use of pepper spray on environmental protesters in 2019 claim officers deployed the spray knowing and intending that it would harm the activists.

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Ex-Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach sues Seven over Lehrmann comments
Media 2025-03-25 4:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach has sued Seven over comments it made concerning his dealings with Bruce Lehrmann, after he gave “sordid” evidence in the defamation trial. 

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Lawyer accused of attempted blackmail wins round against Canberra firm
Business of Law 2025-03-25 4:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

A lawyer accused of trying to blackmail personal injury firm Maliganis Edwards Johnson has won a challenge to an injunction, with a judge finding the blackmail allegation was more nuanced than conveyed by the Canberra firm. 

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Beckman Coulter shoots down biotech’s stem cell trade mark
Intellectual Property 2025-03-25 11:25 pm By Andy Sidler

US lab products giant Beckman Coulter has successfully opposed an Australian biotech’s bid to trade mark ‘Cytophex’ for its stem cell expansion system, with an IP Australia delegate finding the mark is too similar to Beckman’s ‘CytoFLEX’ mark. 

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