A creditor of defunct forestry giant Gunns Plantations has filed a High Court challenge after it didn’t pay the company a $1.2 million judgment that confirmed the peak indebtedness rule does not apply in insolvency law.
Barrister Charles Waterstreet has been reprimanded and banned from practising for one year after he was found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for harassing three women.
Virgin Airlines has lost its appeal of a Fair Work Commission ruling that reinstated a flight attendant who was dismissed for drinking a glass of prosecco 7.5 hours before a flight.Â
Mattel has mostly won its challenge to a Shanghai-based toy companyâs bid to trade mark ‘Blokees’, which the US toy giant argued was deceptively similar to its popular Blokus board game.Â
An environmental group has dropped its court fight over the expansion of the New Acland coal mine in Queensland, saying the case — which went to the High Court — had taken a heavy financial toll.
Maxcon Developments, which allegedly owes $23 million in unpaid tax, has lost its bid to stay orders winding up the business, with a judge deeming the company âhopelessly insolventâ.
An Australian ugg boot manufacturer has announced it will change its name amid an ongoing trade mark lawsuit with US shoe brand Deckers.
A class action against Allianz over alleged junk add-on insurance has settled for $170 million, with two law firms set to take 25 per cent of the payout under a group costs order.Â
A court has ordered ASX-listed childcare company G8 Education to advance the legal costs of its embattled former chair, Jennifer Hutson, who faces a criminal trial next month.
A solicitor who acted for both parties in a fight between a company and its director has been struck from the roll, with a court finding his attempt to hide the conduct was âworse than the crime.â