Judges

An animal rights group has told the High Court it retains copyright in footage it took while trespassing on a Victorian abattoir and that it “makes no sense” for the slaughterhouse to have rights to the footage.

Boral's former CEO Zlatko Tordorcevski and ex-CFO Tino La Spina have been granted discovery as they mull possible claims against their former employer for curbing their long-term incentive entitlements when they left in 2022.

Pharmacor, which is facing infringement claims by AstraZeneca over its plans to launch a generic version of diabetes drug Forxiga, can tweak its cross-claim to challenge a patent term extension.

A judge has granted Hassall Developments' bid to join insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher to a lawsuit against QBE over an $80 million special risks policy after “serious defects” were allegedly found in its Imperial Towers development in Parramatta. 

The corporate watchdog’s first case under internal dispute resolution regulations has had mixed results, with a court finding compliance failures by Telstra Super but no under-resourcing.

A union has lost an appeal of a decision which found packaging company Opal Packaging was allowed to reintroduce drug and alcohol testing of staff under a new methodology while a union challenge was on foot.

Adani has asked the court to toss a class action by First Nations landowners over media statements made during a dispute over the Carmichael open cut mine in Queensland.

The High Court has found derivative crown immunity did not allow the NSW government to enter into alleged anti-competitive agreements when privatising two ports, disagreeing with a decision in a related case by the ACCC.

Mastercard risked losing half its revenue from retail interchange fees as a result of the Reserve Bank's least-cost routing initiative, and struck deals with top retailers to defend its core business, a court was told Wednesday.

A judge has thrown out a law firm's bid to review a costs assessment manager's decision to grant a Sydney silk more time to make a costs assessment application for services he provided almost a decade ago.