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The Federal Court won't permit a Melbourne-based judge to travel to Sydney on the dime of the parties in a class action against wealth management group Colonial First State, but will foot the bill itself.
The High Court has ruled that the “direct and far-reaching ramifications” of a contract between the federal government and Tasmania’s two major airports justifies an order for declaratory relief sought by local councils about the obligation of the airports' operators to pay rates.
WA premier Mark McGowan's text messages between Kerry Stokes and the WA Attorney General have been revealed at the trial in Clive Palmer's defamation case, including an exchange in which the state's leader thanks the media baron for the "marvellous front pages".
Cricket Tasmania has denied allegations by a former front receptionist that she was the victim of sexual harassment by Australian cricket players and senior managers, and says she has not suffered loss as a result of any alleged misbehaviour.
The High Court has found that Novartis unit Sandoz infringed Danish drug company Lundbeck's patent for its blockbuster antidepressant Lexapro, but has overturned a ruling that found the generic drug maker owes $26.3 million in damages.
An appeal by billionaire Clive Palmer and his mining company Mineralogy has succeeded in reinstating parts of their defence attacking the state of mind of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC in allegedly applying commercial pressure over the $5.8 billion Sino Iron project in Western Australia.
Teleco contractor BSA has reached an in-principle settlement resolving a class action that accuses the company of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors.
Buy now, pay later giant Zip Co cannot rely on its infringing use of the 'Zip' trade mark to defend a lawsuit by the mark's owner Firstmac, the mortgage provider's barrister told a judge on the first day of trial in the high-stakes intellectual property dispute.
A judge has come down hard on a settlement in class actions against supermarket chain Romeo's, saying group members had been kept in the dark and the costs to be paid to the plaintiffs' firm did not add up.
Clients of Linchpin Capital Group and subsidiary Endeavour Securities who were promised investments in a diversified loan portfolio were instead duped into funding Linchpin’s own business interests and lining its directors' pockets, a judge has heard as trial got underway in ASIC's case against three former Linchpin directors.