Judges

A judge is not too thrilled about the ACCC's bid for particulars of Microsoft's defence in a suit alleging the tech company duped millions of customers into upgrading to more expensive product plans, saying "it pains me the court has to take time" to hear the application. 

A judge has questioned whether the game is worth the candle in a liquidator’s case against a Sydney law firm over allegedly excessive legal bills, saying the contest appeared “economically irrational” and “at one level, stupid”.

A judge has ruled that former Noumi CEO Rory Macleod failed to ensure the company complied with its financial reporting obligations, but found several of the corporate regulator’s claims fell flat.

A judge has allowed a "painfully slow" competition class action against Sony over its PlayStation store practices to file an amended pleading, after expressing concerns the case was not properly resourced.  

Rebel Wilson has prevailed in a high-profile lawsuit by the lead actress in Wilson's directorial debut alleging a series of Instagram posts were defamatory.

Insurer Vero may be hit with a cross-claim in a class action against Fairview Architectural over allegedly combustible cladding, a court has heard.

Domino's Pizza has been found to have engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct in representations about staff wages to its Australian franchisees, in a class action judgment three and a half years in the making.

Developer LBJ wants to amend its case over a residential development at Victoria's Lilydale Quarry weeks out from trial, with its joint venture partner arguing the court should not base its decision on LBJ's argument that there could be a sinkhole at the site.

CS Energy wants a judge to recuse himself from hearing IG Power's $1 billion lawsuit over "catastrophic" incidents at the Callide coal-fired power station in Queensland in light of an earlier judgment in proceedings by the Australian Energy Regulator.

Westwood Capital has lost its appeal over a contract to sell commercial property in Punchbowl for $100 million, after a judge found it was an uncommercial transaction and that Westwood had reasonable grounds to suspect the purchaser would become insolvent.