Judges

Ex-Keystone director Paul Chiodo’s company has won more time to file a defence to a new suit by Keystone’s receivers over a failed transaction for the purchase a Marriott Hotel in Italy.

A judge has rejected a misleading conduct claim against a builder who professed his “passion” for building high-end homes to a client, but put the builder on the hook for over $1 million in damages for rectification works.

The plaintiff in an unsuccessful class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive device wants to see whether she can avoid paying costs in the case before deciding on whether to appeal the loss.

A contractor for a proposed $100 million country club near Perth has lost a round in a legal battle that has stalled the project, losing a bid for a freezing order against the landowner.

Dentons has reached a settlement with a former real estate partner who claims he was forced to resign from the law firm and accused the firm's Australian chair of sharing an anti-vaccine email.

A judge says his experience working alongside the law firm pursuing an investor class action against Origin Energy prior to his appointment to the bench does not disqualify him from hearing the case.

The judge who approved a $2.4 million settlement in a class action against Carnival said it should be regarded as a victory that cruise passengers got anything, when the case was pleaded at an "unsustainably high level".

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals is challenging a decision revoking its patent for an injectable version of antipsychotic drug Abilify.

A discrimination class action against AFL by First Nations players, umpires and officials has been given the OK to rejig its pleading, over the vehement protests of the league.

A judge hearing a suit against Lovisa has questioned whether it should proceed as a class action, but shut down a 'pejorative remark' by the jewellery chain's barrister about Fair Work class actions.