A COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess that left 28 people dead was âsomething that was very likely to happenâ and the cruise should never have sailed, a court heard as a class action trial against Carnival PLC kicked off.
A judge has upheld two arbitration awards worth $52 million for German industrial manufacturing giant Siemens against CIMIC-connected BIC Contracting LLC over a contract to build a âpeople mover systemâ in Qatar.
An appeals court has dismissed a challenge brought by a Snap Fitness franchisee to a ruling that found insurer Lloydâs could rely on a conformity clause in its policy to deny business interruption coverage to the NSW gym for losses related to COVID-19.
Dozens of provisions in Fujifilm’s contracts with thousands of small businesses are unfair and unenforceable, a court declared Friday in a case against the office supply company by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
A court has overturned a ruling by a federal judge repeatedly in the spotlight for his decisions, finding in the latest case that a fraud claim against a property purchaser in a dispute with bankruptcy trustees was a notion developed, pursued and upheld by the judge himself.
An appeals court has returned a case to a judge it said did not give sufficient reasons for awarding damages in a case brought by flooring company Evagroup against a sales manager who left to launch a competing business.
A judge has rejected a bid by the corporate regulator to access an unredacted PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by coal miner TerraCom ahead of a challenge to a decision that cleared the way for the regulator to eye the document as part of an investigation.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is âcloseâ to settling its case against office supply company Fujifilm over allegedly unfair contracts with small businesses, a court has heard.
The High Court has granted special leave to a cosmetic company to challenge a judgment finding it infringed Botox maker Allergan’s trade marks by marketing its topical creams as Botox alternatives.
Coal mining firm TerraCom has taken its bid to shield a PricewaterhouseCoopers report from ASIC to the Full Court, appealing a judgment which found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.