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The High Court has denied a bid for special leave by the Commonwealth Bank and other lenders to challenge a ruling that found two Arrium directors did not mislead them about loan drawdown notices ahead of the steel company's $2.8 billion collapse.
Ernst & Young has won a temporary stay of a lawsuit by Billabong founder Gordon Merchant alleging the firm gave negligent advice on how to structure the 2015 sale of bio plastics manufacturer Plantic Technologies.
The High Court has agreed to weigh in on how damages for reduction in value should be calculated under the Australian Consumer Law, granted competing special leave applications in a class action against Toyota over defective diesel filters.
Optus is considering an appeal of a judgment allowing a class action to access a report from Deloitte into last year's major data breach, saying its release could raise national security concerns.
A judge has rejected McDonald's claim that Hungry Jack's Big Jack burger infringed its Big Mac trade mark, but found that Hungry Jack's misled consumers by boasting that its burger had 25 per cent more beef.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lost its bid to temporarily restrain payday lenders Cigno and BSF Solutions from enforcing loan fees against 7,000 customers, with a judge finding an injunction could destroy their businesses.
Qantas has been found guilty of a safety violation for standing down a worker who raised concerns about unsafe work conditions during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
The judge overseeing a class action against collapsed investment manager Blue Sky has said he would not be inclined to seek clarity from the Full Court on whether the court has the power to make a solicitors common fund order unless one of the defendants raised a challenge.
Federal parliament has passed legislation extending judicial immunity to judges on the Federal Circuit and Family Court, after a judge on the court was held personally liable for the false imprisonment of a Queensland man.
Gilbert + Tobin and the funder backing a class action against Jaguar Land Rover over allegedly defective diesel filters have given an undertaking that they won't seek more than 25 per cent of any settlement or judgment, sealing the deal to run the case after triumphing in a carriage contest.