A judge has overturned a ruling from the Australian Patent Office that shortened the amount of time available to companies under patent term extensions, saying a “liberal rather than literal” reading was needed to achieve the extension regime’s goals of compensating holders of drug patents for the lengthy time required to obtain regulatory approval to market their drugs.
Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court that he hired a private investigator to find out whether a woman who has accused him of domestic violence had an abortion and to obtain the home addresses of six SAS soldiers set to give evidence in his defamation trial.
Lex Greensill will need to pay tax on $58 million in capital gains, after losing a challenge to a tax assessment which included non-Australian gains from the sale of Greensill shares distributed to the founder of the collapsed collapsed UK-based supply-chain finance firm.
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has said that while he was proud to have received the Victoria Cross for his actions at the 2010 battle of Tizak in Afghanistan, winning the award “put a target” on his back, with fellow soldiers seeking to undermine those they saw as tall poppies.
Describing the federal governmentâs income-averaging debt collection program as a âshameful chapterâ, a judge has approved a $112 million settlement in the Robodebt class action, saying the agreement was fair and reasonable.
Volkswagen has asked the High Court to throw out a a landmark $125 million penalty over its emissions cheating scandal, the highest ever handed down in Australia for consumer law violations.
SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a bid to shield his medical records from three publishers less than a week before his high-profile defamation case kicks off in the Federal Court.
JPMorgan is fighting to keep details of failed settlement talks with ASIC under wraps in criminal cartel proceedings over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, as ANZ seeks to uncover whether the corporate regulator made a deal with the investment bank ahead of the cartel case being filed.
A judge has thrown out a legal challenge to the Morrison governmentâs ban on Australians travelling overseas during COVID-19, saying that Parliament had intended to permit the government to take such âharshâ measures that may âintrude on individual rightsâ in an emergency.
A barrister and solicitor who accused the Victoria Supreme Court of bias have avoided a contempt of court ruling, despite a judge finding their conduct âfell short of the standards of competence and diligenceâ expected of lawyers.