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A former EY partner accused of pocketing $700,000 in secret commissions can shield an email from the firm’s tax leader to its general counsel despite the firm having waived privilege. 

A judge has allowed investors bringing a class action against Virgin to join Velocity Rewards to the case, despite finding the proposed claims against the frequent flyer program are “barely arguable”. 

The Melbourne Symphony has hit back at a pianist’s suit over a cancelled recital after he made impromptu comments about the war in Gaza, saying he had no right to make the unauthorised remarks. 

A judge has overturned energy minister Chris Bowen’s refusal to greenlight energy company Seadragon’s offshore wind farm project off the coast of Gippsland.

An appeals court has backed a decision by six Rio Tinto units to refuse delivery of alumina to Russia’s largest aluminium producer because it would run afoul of sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine.

The former chair of the Melbourne Demons has settled a lawsuit he brought against senior executives of the club over allegedly defamatory statements.

The High Court has agreed to rule on whether common fund orders can ever be made in class actions, including so-called solicitors’ common fund orders allowing lawyers to earn a cut of any settlement.

The ATO has won the nod from the High Court to appeal a finding that a royalty withholding tax did not apply to payments from Schweppes to PepsiCo under agreements to sell brands like Pepsi and Gatorade in Australia.

A commission baked into a funding agreement in a class action against Mayne Pharma is under threat, with a judge mulling an order off his own bat to cut the rate. 

BHP has told an appeals court a shareholder class action should not be allowed to expand the group definition to correct an alleged drafting error.