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Construction company Mossop has lost an appeal of a decision for concreter Contek, with an appeals court upholding a judgment accounting for all payment claims in the case, even those subject to agreement before trial.
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In the final chapter of a years-long fight, an appeals court has ordered a NSW prefab home builder to pay almost $500,000 in damages after finding it engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct to convince a couple to vary their contract to allow the use of cladding they had previously rejected.
Mining giant BHP and its in-house labour hire subsidiary have failed in their Federal Court bid to stay same job, same pay orders by the Fair Work Commission ahead of an appeal.
A judge has rejected applications by the AFL and the Geelong Football Club to declass a concussion class action, but has ordered an initial trial that will cover only a fraction of the 38-year claim period in the case.
A judge has expressed frustration over the fourth discovery fight this year in Fortescue’s trade secrets case against Element Zero, as the green iron startup claims its bigger rival is trying to drag out the litigation.
The developer of a tower in Mascot which is said to contain combustible cladding can opt out of a class action against 3A Composites and Halifax to bring its own claim for $15 million.
In the latest chapter of a feud between billionaires Fritz Kundrun and Hans Mende, the co-founders of global commodities firm AMCI, a court has found the sacking of the group's Australian managing director was invalid.
An appeals court has thrown out challenges by three mining giants to a Fair Work Commission decision that requires them to bargain together with a group of employees and their union.
A judge has ordered tech company Vehicle Management Systems to hurry up and choose between damages or an account of profits in its IP dispute with the city of Melbourne over a sensor-based system for timing parked vehicles.
The peak body for community legal centres has lost its bid to declass a class action alleging survivors of institutional child sexual abuse who settled their claims under the National Redress Scheme were given negligent ‘cookie cutter’ legal advice.