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A court has heard a former HWL Ebsworth property lawyer admitted to errors in a due diligence report missing crucial flood risk information that is at the centre of a trial over a $28.5 million sale of Crown-owned land in Sydney.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has told the court there's "at least a real chance" TPG will resume plans to roll out a 5G mobile network after its earlier plans were thwarted by the government's ban on the use Huawei technology, as the regulator defends its decision to block the proposed $15 billion tie-up between TPG and Vodafone.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken the operator of the Jump! swim school franchise and its director to court for allegedly promising franchisees that it would hand over an operational franchise within 12 months of signing a franchise agreement when it had no reasonable basis for making the promise.
The judge overseeing a dispute between Kraft and Bega over peanut butter trade dress rights has stayed orders barring Kraft from selling peanut butter in Australia featuring the disputed trade dress while it appeals its loss to Bega in the case.
Ultra Tune has been given the go-ahead to challenge a $2.6 million penalty for alleged breaches of franchising and consumer laws, after a judge said she had "no sympathy" for the consumer regulator’s opposition to the car repair franchisor's bid for more time to lodge an appeal.
Ernst & Young, which has been named in a class action over its auditing of sandalwood producer Quintis, has filed cross-claims alleging Quintis should pick up the tab for any liability it may face in the proceedings.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has rejected a resale price maintenance plan by Meredith Dairy that would block resellers from selling its goat cheese products below a specified price, saying the potential harm to competition was not outweighed by any benefits.
A judge has granted a bid by the applicant in a class action against National Australia Bank over the sale of allegedly worthless credit card insurance to include customers who took out personal loan insurance, in a ruling that could significantly expand the case.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised competition concerns about rural supply giant Landmark's proposed $469 million takeover of competitor Ruralco, a move that would consolidate two of the three largest players in the rural merchandise market.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has come up short again in its challenge to Pacific National's $205 million acquisition of competitor Aurizon's Queensland freight terminal, with a judge shooting down the regulator's request for a variation of Pacific's undertaking that it will not block third parties from accessing the terminal.