The owner of a Whitsundays resort has been ordered to hand over $430,738 to an employee whose roommate in staff accommodation allegedly urinated on him after a night of drinking.
The self-declared âwolf traderâ of the Gold Coast, Tyson Scholz, will not have to provide a concise statement in response to the Australian Securities and Investments Commissionâs case accusing him of providing unlicensed financial services, a judge has ruled.
Supreme Court of Queensland judge Helen Bowskill has been named the state’s new chief justice, only the second woman to ever hold the position.
Australiaâs largest law firm MinterEllison has announced the election of leading mergers and acquisitions and government practice lawyer Andrew Rentoul to the position of chairman.
The brother of Liberal Senator and former resources minister Matt Canavan can investigate potential claims against Glencore in his long running legal spat over the Rolleston coal mine, after a court greenlit his bid for the appointment of special purpose liquidators.
Philanthropist and Wotif founder Graeme Wood will have to pay more than $15 million after the Victoria Supreme Court found one of his companies had breached an agreement to act as guarantor for the $73 million sale of a Queensland aquaculture business.
A judge has dismissed an urgent application to block Qantas from taking disciplinary action against unvaccinated employees, but the airline has committed to extending their leave with pay until a challenge to its COVID-19 vaccination policy can be heard.
Insurers have triumphed in a lawsuit over coverage for the $3.2 million cancellation of the Big Red Bash outback music festival during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with a judge finding a communicable disease exclusion in the organiser’s event cancellation policy was engaged.
An Airbnb hostâs claim for JobKeeper payments has been shot down, with a tribunal saying the accommodation of paying guests at oneâs own home did not constitute a business.
A litigation funder has taken aim at a landmark judgment in an appeal of a ruling that found its funding arrangement with group members in a class action against Queensland energy suppliers was a managed investment scheme.