Events

The ACCC has won court approval to bring claims against two companies in liquidation alleging they  engaged in unconscionable and misleading conduct in the sale of printing cartridges and cleaning chemicals. 

A judge has taken issue with an argument by disgraced solider Ben Roberts-Smith that a Nine journalist threw his solicitors "under the bus", saying it suggested the MinterEllison lawyers engaged in misconduct in the absence of an appeal claim against them.

A judge has dispensed with court rules to allow shopfitter Ramvek to bring a non-compliant summary judgment application against a builder in a payment dispute, saying strict compliance with the rules was at odds with the procedure and policy of the SOPA.

Sunshine Loans wants the High Court to weigh in on an appeals court's decision that overturned the recusal of a judge from deciding the penalty in ASIC's case over unauthorised fees.

CBA-backed climate venture capital firm Wollemi has won its bid to block the family company of Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm from registering ‘Wollemi Capital Group’ as a trade mark.

A judge has ruled WhatsApp messages are admissible as tendency evidence in the ATO's case against an ex-EY partner over an alleged tax exploitation scheme.

A South Australian wind farm developer has lost its appeal of ruling ordering it to make a $21 million progress payment to joint venture partners GE Renewable Energy and Elecnor.

Keybridge CEO Nick Bolton has won a stay of orders ending the company's administration as he appeals that ruling and another that found he and two other directors were validly removed and replaced at a board meeting.

Ben Roberts-Smith has accused Nine journalist Nick McKenzie of using his lawyers as a "shield" against claims he had access to confidential and privileged legal strategy in the former soldier's failed defamation case.

The High Court has been asked to weigh in on when a court should step in when the machinery governing the entitlement to payments in a contract breaks down, in a dispute between luxury home builder Glenvill and Amcor over asbestos remediation at an industrial site in the Melbourne suburb of Alphington.