Christine Caulfield

The Australian Taxation Office is appealing a win for gold producer Evolution Mining after an initial trial over the company's purported decision to cancel the transfer of $31 million in post-acquisiton losses.

The CEO of the defunct company behind coconut water brand CoCo Joy has been resentenced after he succeeded in overturning his conviction on one of three charges.

A judge has ordered hundreds of former Qantas ground crew to immediately receive their $40 million share of a $90 million penalty against the airline for its unlawful sacking of the workers, after questioning delays in the administration scheme.

Any judge who uses artificial intelligence to issue rulings acts contrary to their oath, a seasoned judge has said, noting the importance of judicial decisions being "entirely those" of the person on the bench.

Fitout company Reward Group has lost its challenge to a payment claim adjudication by a subcontractor for refurbishment work on Sydney's luxury Sofitel Wentworth Hotel.

Mallesons-represented Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has obtained financing for the next stage of the Supernode battery energy storage system project in Queensland.

Businesses in two cases against Lloyd's and QBE over COVID-19 losses have failed in an appeal of a ruling stripping the suits of class action status.

A judge has given the nod to an amendment in a class action over Victoria's COVID-era hotel quarantine program that will exclude non-retail and hospitality businesses, but he won't make the order operate retrospectively.

A native title group has won an appeal to the High Court over a 30-year licence granted by the Northern Territory government to Fortune Agribusiness to extract groundwater for irrigation on its property.

Alliance Living has failed on appeal of a security for costs order in a dispute with a subcontractor on a project to restore Sydney's Gaden House, with NSW's top court saying the builder's failure to pay a judgment debt was relevant.