A “striking” 8,600 emails passed between Sevenâs commercial director and Ben Roberts-Smithâs legal team, suggesting the media company was actively involved in the unsuccessful defamation case, Fairfax has argued as it seeks significant defence costs.
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has vowed to limit the role of local councils in planning decisions after the stateâs anti-corruption board delivered a scathing report finding property developer John Woodman âbought influenceâ from councillors in Melbourne and two state MPâs.
The Ned Kelly Centre has come up short in its bid to halt two construction projects at the site of the famed bushranger’s last stand where he was captured by police.
The former director of Select AFSL has appealed a judge’s decision to slap him with a $100,000 penalty and a disqualification order after finding he “turned a blind eye” to the life insurer’s unconscionable phone sales tactics.
A judge overseeing four COVID-19 business interruption class actions has questioned a decision by insurers to use ten test cases to resolve the issue of whether they had to indemnify policyholders instead of a class action, which would have been binding.Â
A judge has ordered Meta to pay a $20 million penalty for misleading consumers by representing that its discontinued Onavo Protect mobile app would keep usersâ personal activity data private, when in fact it was being collected for commercial use.
A Federal Court judge has dismissed an application for his recusal on apprehended bias grounds for comments made about the significance of a defamation case against a Sydney seafood restaurant by social media influencers accused of skipping out on the bill for their lobster meal.
A judge has found that a case brought by the liquidators of investment firm Linchpin Capital against auditors Grant Thornton and Moore Stephens for signing off on the compliance plan for a registered fund that allegedly misused investor money has legs.
Just days before trial, exercise bike giant Peloton Interactive has dropped its lawsuit against California fitness company Mad Dogg Athletics that sought removal of Mad Dogg’s ‘spinning’ trade mark.
ASIC is calling for disqualification orders and penalties against property guru Sasha Hopkins, alleging he hawked real estate investment opportunities on social media that raised over $32 million without a licence.Â