Advisory firm Perpetual has lost its bid for an injunction against a former senior advisor after 22 of his long-time clients tried to follow him to a rival firm.
Mercedes-Benz has taken aim at an amended group definition in a class action over alleged defeat devices designed to cheat emissions testing, with a judge agreeing that it contains “ambiguities and circularities”.
Paint maker AkzoNobel must produce a document history log that includes embedded comments from its lawyers at Clayton Utz, in a dispute over alleged defective coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.
A developer has won an extension of a freeze on $25 million held in escrow in its dispute with a builder over payment claims for a Main Beach high-rise, after it filed an appeal.
Insurer AAI has taken aim at an architect and builder as it seeks to limit its liability in a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed in two high-rise towers in a Sydney suburb.
Lander & Rogers is contesting an ex-client’s challenge to a $2.9 million legal bill for work on a construction dispute, seeking a separate hearing to determine the cost court’s jurisdiction over the case.
MP Alex Greenwich has lost his bid for indemnity costs from ex-NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham, with a judge finding it was not unreasonable for Latham to reject a $20,000 offer to settle the defamation suit.
Payments by bottler Schweppes Australia to US drink giant PepsiCo should be assessed as royalty income under tax law, the ATO has told the High Court in a high-stakes case.
A judge has said he is satisfied that GM’s concerns about a class action’s “circular” explanation of alleged design flaws in certain Holden vehicles are “not trivial”.
Insurer AIA, fresh off losing a bid to be severed from a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed in two high-rise towers in a Sydney suburb, has lobbed cross-claims at the towers’ architect and builder.