Events

A supplier of power tools has taken Melbourne Airport's owner to court alleging a warehouse it constructed on leased premises at the airport's business park was defective and incapable of being occupied.

The owners of a landmark building in the Sydney suburb of Manly have lost their challenge to a decision which found they owed the local council over $419,000 in car park licence fees and damages for installing a roller door. 

A judge hearing a dispute over Emerald Resources' takeover of Bullseye Mining has rejected a bid by Bullseye's former executive director to enjoin Emerald from retaining lawyers that previously represented her for a period of three weeks in an unrelated dispute.

Noni B owner Mosaic Brands has been hit with a $25 million penalty for breaching consumer laws by failing to delivery 740,000 packages within the time frame specified on its website.

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis has appealed his loss in a defamation case against Fairfax and its owner Nine, after a judge found media reports of unethical and profit-driven promotion of an experimental procedure were substantially true.

Former senator Linda Reynolds has won $315,000 in damages in her defamation case against ex-staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts that allegedly implied she mishandled rape allegations against Bruce Lehrmann.

Insurers Bond & Credit Company and Tokio Marine can't eyeball advice given by Ashurst to lender White Oak in a dispute over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill.

An appeals court has ordered a retrial in a franchisee's suit against home building franchise operator GJ Gardner Homes over the failure to renew its agreement, finding a judge erred in interpreting a key clause in the contract.

Nuix is on the hook for $20 million before its insurers will cover its legal bills for suits over its $1.8 billion float, with a judge saying there was a good reason for the significant retention given the “notorious” expense of securities class actions.

A judge has hit coal producer TerraCom with a $7.5 million penalty in ASIC proceedings alleging it made misleading statements to the market that damaged a whistleblower's reputation.