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Meat processing company and former PricewaterhouseCoopers client JBS has slammed as a “nightmare to the rule of law” a claim by the Commissioner of Taxation that the accounting giant’s internal protocols destroyed the company’s lawyer-client relationship.
The lead applicant in a class action against Volkswagen over defective Takata airbags has been hit with indemnity costs for his failed case after a NSW Supreme Court judge found that deficiencies in aspects of the case were "manifestly clear".
The High Court has found that media outlets are responsible for the publication of defamatory third-party comments on news stories posted to their Facebook pages, upholding a landmark decision by the NSW Supreme Court.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia unit Colonial First State Investments is facing penalties after the Federal Court found it misled its customers about their rights and obligations relating to the MySuper reforms passed by the federal government in 2012.
Botox maker Allergan has successfully challenged a Federal Court judgment dismissing its trade mark lawsuit against an Australian company selling topical creams as an alternative to Botox injections.
Accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has filed an application to bring a claim against the close friend of his ex-wife in a case accusing his former spouse of unlawfully accessing his email account containing privileged communications with lawyers.
Qantas Airways is seeking to overturn a Federal Court finding that its decision to axe 2,000 ground staff and replace them with labour hire workers during the COVID-19 pandemic was made partially to stop workers engaging in industrial action.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from designer tapware supplier Nero Bathrooms following revelations the company likely engaged in resale price maintenance.
Two law firms behind landmark courtroom battles over climate change say they’re seeing a greater appetite for litigation by individuals and corporations who are concerned about the impacts of climate change and the government’s inaction on the issue.
US agricultural chemical giant FMC Corporation is facing a potential class action by grain farmers following reports of crop bleaching allegedly caused by its newly introduced Overwatch herbicide.