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ATO asks High Court to reverse PepsiCo’s win on royalty withholding tax
Intellectual Property 2024-08-09 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

The tax office has asked the High Court to overturn a decision which found that payments made by Asahi Breweries-owned Schweppes to PepsiCo under agreements to sell brands such as Pepsi and Mountain Dew in Australia were not subject to a royalty withholding tax. 

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Queensland loses bid to transfer class actions over removal of Indigenous children
Discrimination 2024-08-09 11:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected Queensland’s bid to transfer two class actions over the removal of Indigenous children to its home turf from Victoria, saying removal was unnecessary in light of the court’s use of livestreaming technology and willingness to hold hearings in Brisbane.

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Top cancer institute wins patent for patient-specific vaccine
Intellectual Property 2024-08-09 10:20 pm By Andy Sidler

US-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has succeeded in patenting a patient-specific method for developing cancer vaccines using genome sequencing.

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Class closure split to be resolved by High Court
Class Actions 2024-08-08 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has agreed to step in to resolve division among Australia’s courts on the question of power to make orders that exclude unregistered group members from class action settlements.

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High Court to hear competition cop’s appeal in CFMEU boycott case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-08 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has taken up the ACCC’s boycott case against builder J Hutchinson and the controversial construction union, an appeal that gives the court the chance to clarify the standard for proving an anti-competitive arrangement.

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Linda Reynolds wants to subpoena HWL Ebsworth chief executive partner
Defamation 2024-08-08 1:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has asked the court for leave to issue a subpoena to HWL Ebsworth’s chief executive partner for correspondence leading up to the Commonwealth’s $2.4 million settlement with Brittany Higgins over the government’s handling of her rape allegations. 

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‘Karma comes to those who wait’, Lehrmann’s barrister told Linda Reynolds, court hears
Trials 2024-08-08 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has faced cross-examination over her messages with accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann’s senior counsel ahead of his criminal trial, with the court hearing the barrister told her “s**t is going to get real soon” and “karma comes to those who wait”. 

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High Court won’t hear promoter’s spat with Nine unit over One Direction tour
Entertainment 2024-08-12 11:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has denied the special leave application of a Sydney concert promoter seeking a cut of the profits earned by Nine unit TEG Live for promoting a 2013 Australian tour with English-Irish boy band One Direction. In orders handed down on Thursday, the High Court declined promoter Mark Filby’s bid for review of…

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Ex-ANU deputy GC an ‘experienced lawyer’ who would have known when contract ended: FWC
Employment 2024-08-08 11:16 pm By Andy Sidler

A fair work claim against the University of Canberra by the former deputy general counsel of Australian National University has been dismissed, with the Fair Work Commission finding she had no reason to think her fixed contract would not terminate at the agreed date, especially considering her legal background. 

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Lehrmann’s barrister told Reynolds sharing trial transcript ‘wasn’t appropriate’, court hears
Defamation 2024-08-07 2:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has testified that counsel for accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann told her it “wasn’t appropriate” to share the transcript from criminal proceedings against his client, which Reynolds sought to aid in her defence of civil claims by Brittany Higgins.

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