Biggen & Scott should not be held liable for copyright infringement for its supposed “indifference” to the copying of real estate marketing platform Campaigntrack’s source code by a developer, the real estate agency group argues in a special leave application to the High Court.
A Federal Court judge has recused himself from hearing a fraud trial against Forum Finance, after expressing that he had an “unfavourable” impression of director Vince Tesoriero’s reliability as a witness.
A judge has raised concerns that AMP Financial Planning has not compensated customers for allegedly failing to prevent life insurance churning, directing the firm to explain the “vanishingly small” number of people who have been remediated.
A judge has ordered that the ACCC’s case alleging Retail Food Group misled franchisees be run on a sample basis, saying the regulator’s opposition to the idea “smacks of a lack of confidence in its own case.”
A judge has found that Telstra cannot be held liable for the sexually harassing conduct of a former employee who allegedly accessed confidential contact information to launch a four-year campaign of harassment against his next-door neighbours.
Redbubble is challenging a judgment that found T-shirts and face masks sold on its platform violated Hells Angels’ trademarks and awarded damages to the motorcycle group.
A judge who has granted a lawyer leave to appear in proceedings via audio visual link has warned the legal profession that courts are expecting to “return to normal” and that tolerance for remote hearings has “come to an end”.
Despite noting that a class action trial and appeal were “unusual”, a judge overseeing a long-running class action against Ford has refused an application to send a notice to group members about a coming appeal in the case.
Former Channel 7 rugby league journalist Josh Massoud has lost an appeal of a decision clearing multiple media outlets of defamation over reports alleging he threatened to kill and defile the corpse of a young reporter.
The sacked boss of fleet management Orix Australia, who is seeking $1 million in unpaid leave, wants to challenge a decision allowing the company’s defence that anything it owes is set off by the losses the former CEO allegedly caused.