High Court

A failed class action against former NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees has told the High Court that the character of $165 in alleged conflicted remuneration fees has to be determined by their purpose, rather than how they were described in product disclosure statements.

The High Court has taken up Pauline Hanson's constitutional challenge to Australia's racial vilification law, in a long-running dispute with Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi over a tweet by the One Nation leader.

The High Court has dismissed billionaire Clive Palmer's bid to revive his misconduct claims against former ASIC chair James Shipton, which an appeals court rejected as "little more than a house of cards".

Pointing to the "litigious history" of the case, the High Court has refused leave to former Keybridge Capital director Nick Bolton to appeal a decision that found the company wasn't on the hook for covering his legal bill in a case over alleged duty breaches.

Uber must pay at least $81 million in payroll tax after the High Court shot down its challenge to a finding that its drivers received wages, in a decision the rideshare giant says sets an "alarming precedent".

The High Court has upheld an appeals court ruling that Billabong founder Gordon Merchant is liable for a $31 million tax bill after selling his company, finding there was no other "meaningful or realistic" objective of the sale.

The High Court is hearing two challenges to the government's kids social media ban this week, with Reddit arguing the Commonwealth “cannot justify” the burden on the freedom of political communication.

The High Court has declined to take up an appeal by the developer behind the rebranding of the Seasons of Perth hotel, which asked the court to weigh in on "draconian" security of payment laws.

The High Court has declined to hear the appeal of a landowner that lost a bid to remove a section of the Grand Pacific Walk north of Wollongong because the popular walkway deprived it of car access to its coastal property.

Motorola has urged the High Court to reject Hytera's special leave application in their long-running dispute over the theft of Motorola's source code for its digital mobile radios.