Contracts

Blockbuster has struck out in its challenge to a ruling that it could not recover a cent from a husband and wife franchisee after the pair sold the store’s assets without consent and admitted to breaching the franchise agreement.

Warner Bros. has won an appeal in a dispute with the Australian director and producer of Hollywood smash Mad Max: Fury Road over a $7 million bonus the Sydney-based film makers claimed they were owed after making the film under budget.