The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appealed a judgment that found its case alleging Retail Foods Group misled franchisees should be run using a sample of stores.
A judge has upheld two arbitration awards worth $52 million for German industrial manufacturing giant Siemens against CIMIC-connected BIC Contracting LLC over a contract to build a “people mover system” in Qatar.
Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel refinery has lost its appeal of a decision ordering it pay $26.6 million for natural gas charges owed after a court rejected claims it did not need to repay the money because pipeline owners had breached their duties.
The Full Federal Court has thrown out a decision that found foreign passengers could join a class action against cruise operator Carnival PLC over the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess, finding a class action waiver was not unfair.
The operator of Perth Airport has sued government-owned Airservices Australia for allegedly contaminating the airport’s groundwater, which flows into the Swan River, through the use of toxic firefighting foam.
A judge has barred a retired Moore Stephens partner from bringing all but a single claim against a former colleague who allegedly failed to account to the partnership for unauthorised profit in excess of $11 million.
A judge has ruled that oil company Inpex can call on a $467 million bank guarantee in its contract battle with Korean shipbuilder Daewoo over the contentious Ichthys LNG project off the coast of Western Australia.
The former owner of fitness franchise Zap Fitness has sued accounting firm Pitcher Partners, claiming it failed to properly advise on a troubled share buy-back scheme that spawned litigation the company paid $4.25 million to settle.
Aussie group fitness chain Body Fit Training Company has been hit with a $3.2 million lawsuit for allegedly breaching an equipment supply agreement and diverting supplier Gym Imports’ rights as part of the $64.2 million sale of its business to US-based Xponential Fitness last year.
Cricket Australia says the COVID-19 pandemic was a force majeure event under its broadcast agreement with the Seven Network, which has sued the sporting governing body over alleged breaches of the deal.