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The Agency Group loses trade mark fight with real estate rival
Intellectual Property 2024-01-24 3:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sydney real estate group The Agency has lost an appeal in its trade mark case against a rival, with the Full Federal Court upholding a finding that the company would have an “unwarranted monopoly” if other businesses were barred from using the descriptive words in its name.

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Thiess dodges lawsuit over $54M contract for Wheatstone natural gas project
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-01-23 2:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Thiess has defeated a lawsuit by a rock supplier seeking $9.3 million in damages for alleged delays by the mining services giant in receiving materials for work on Chevron’s Wheatstone natural gas hub. 

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Victorian court hackers accessed more hearings than first thought
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-01-19 1:24 pm By Sam Matthews

Hackers behind a cyberattack on Victoria’s court system may have accessed recordings of hearings stretching back to 2016, Court Services Victoria has said. On January 2, CSV CEO Louise Anderson notified the public that hackers had breached a network with video and audio recordings of courts across Victoria, saying recordings of hearings that took place…

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In white spot disease class action, government points finger at importers
Class Actions 2024-01-18 5:12 pm By Sam Matthews

The federal government has hit back at a class action over an outbreak of white spot disease in South-East Queensland that decimated the commercial prawn industry, pointing the finger at several importers and saying farmers failed to mitigate their own losses.

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Ventia can’t recoup $5.6M from Western Power in bushfire class action
Class Actions 2024-01-16 4:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Subcontractor Ventia Utility Services had lost its bid to recover $5.6 million in alleged overpayments to class action group members from co-defendant Western Power, after its liability was reduced on appeal in a representative proceeding over the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.

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‘You’re being very dramatic’: Judge hears of vaccine developer’s ‘life and death’ fight with uni
Employment 2024-01-16 11:06 pm By Sam Matthews

A court fight has broken out between a vaccine developer and South Australia’s Flinders University over the supply of mice and access to a lab at the college, with the professor’s lawyer declaring the battle “literally a matter of life and death”.

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Atomos can pursue case against US-based ex-CEO over relocation costs
Employment 2024-01-12 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

Atomos’ former US-based CEO — who was fired after she failed to relocate to Melbourne — has lost her fight to stay the video technology company’s lawsuit, with a judge finding the dispute over a bridging loan for the international move should be decided under Australian law.

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Judge rejects climate challenge to NSW logging agreement
Environment 2024-01-10 12:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An environmental group has lost its case alleging the federal government failed to take climate change into account when it renewed an agreement for logging in New South Wales, with a judge saying it was a ‘political’ issue rather than one for the courts.

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NSW tries to duck exemplary damages in strip search class action
Class Actions 2024-01-09 12:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The New South Wales government wants to strike out class action claims that police conducted illegal strip searches at music festivals in the state ‘as a matter of routine’ and that it should face exemplary damages.

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A fool for a client? NSW appeals court ruling a boon for self-repped law firms 
Legal Ethics 2024-01-05 8:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW Court of Appeal has issued a judgment contradicting a finding from its Victorian counterpart, ruling that law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell can recover costs for work done by its own solicitors in a lawsuit against a former client in which the firm represented itself.

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