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The Australian Football League and Geelong Football Club have brought applications seeking to strip a case over on-field concussions of class action status.
The High Court has declined coffee maker Cantarella's special leave application arguing the Full Court should have found it was an honest concurrent user of the 'Oro' trade mark, which was first used by another coffee maker.
Online mattress retailer Emma Sleep has admitted to misleading consumers about the sale price for mattresses, but a court has found its German parent company is not on the hook because its executives did not give directions to the Australian unit.
The High Court has declined a special leave application from a former HWL Ebsworth partner seeking to undo a finding that his age-related expulsion from the partnership did not run afoul of the Equal Opportunity Act.
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A judge has stayed engineering firm Clough’s $54 million cross-claim against its former joint venture partner on the EnergyConnect transmission project, Elecnor, saying the claim must be sent to arbitration.
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The date has been set for a court battle over Dexus' sale of shares in Asia Pacific Airport Corporation, a fight the operator of Melbourne and Launceston airports says needs 10 hearing days.
A judge has expressed doubt about the need for expert evidence in class actions against McDonald's and KFC over their alleged failure to give workers rest breaks, saying “I imagine if you’re a worker, you’d like a rest”.
NAB has agreed to pay a $15.5 million penalty for failing to respond to customer hardship notices, around half the size of the penalty ASIC is seeking against Westpac for similar breaches of the Credit Code.
A law firm has launched a class action investigation into the standard of care at child care centres across the country, following reports of widespread failures to meet legal standards in the increasingly privatised industry.