The High Court has tossed an appeal by the Victorian International Container Terminal which sought summary dismissal of a legal challenge to an enterprise agreement entered into with the blessing of the Maritime Union of Australia in 2016.
The High Court has ruled that the tax office was not obliged to refund money for tax surpluses mistakenly issued under the GST Act, in a long-running legal dispute between the Commissioner of Taxation and foreign currency exchange Travelex.
Billionaire Clive Palmer has lost his challenge to Western Australia’s COVID-19 border lockdown, with the High Court tossing the case after finding the state’s measures were constitutionally valid.
The High Court has awarded $27 million in unpaid commissions to a Nigerian entrepreneur tricked into terminating his contract with international bank note manufacturer Securency, reversing a Full Court judgment which slashed his award.
ASIC has dropped its fight with Westpac over the bank’s financial assessment of home loan borrowers following political pressure, citing the “challenging economic circumstances”.
The former directors of defunct financial advisory firm Storm Financial have failed in their appeal of a ruling that found they breached their duties to eleven vulnerable investors by providing a one-size-fits-all model of investment advice that was inappropriate.
The High Court has shut down a lawsuit by mortgage aggregator Connective Services over the transfer of one third of the company’s shares after finding the proceeding prejudiced shareholders and contravened the Corporations Act.
Coal producer Glencore International has lost its High Court appeal to keep the Australian Taxation Office from reviewing documents related to its offshore assets, which were unearthed as part of the global Paradise Papers investigation.Ā
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won its bid for a year’s worth of financial statements from Viagogo, after successfully arguing the online ticket reseller’s financial position was needed to determine an appropriate penalty for its violations of the Australian Consumer Law.
The High Court has unanimously upheld the validity of the Australian Public Service code of conduct, after a former public servant mounted a freedom of speech challenge after being sacked for anonymously tweeting thousands of critical comments about government immigration policy and members of parliament.