Lendlease has told a court that documents relied on by an ex-Greenwoods and Herbert Smith Freehills partner in his case contain privileged legal advice and without prejudice communications with the Australian Tax Office.
IP Australia has rejected two patents by online graphic design company Canva, with a delegate dismissing the company’s argument the computer-implemented patent applications claim a manner of manufacture.
A judge has refused to stay a lease dispute between landlord Dexus and South Australia’s premium medical research centre in favour of a contractual dispute resolution mechanism, saying it would be “unjust” to deprive Dexus of a court hearing.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has picked a new Attorney-General as part of a Cabinet reshuffle that has seen Mark Dreyfus pushed to the backbench.
Litigation funder Woodsford has responded to a former female director’s sex and age discrimination lawsuit, denying the claims and seeking dismissal of the case.
An injured construction worker has failed in his plea to the High Court to weigh in on his case, which alleged a principal contractor owed a duty of care to him as a sub-contractor’s employee.
Aviation company Corporate Air Charter is taking its fight over pilot pay up to the High Court, after twice losing its argument that stand-by duty should not be remunerated.
SMBC has lost a bid for documents connected to King & Wood Mallesons opinions in its suit against fintech Humm linked to the Forum Finance fraud, with a court saying the Japanese bank did not share joint privilege over the material.
The director of collapsed Shangri-La Construction has been hit with self-executing orders to file evidence in Victoria’s case over alleged combustible cladding on a Melbourne building, after unexplained delays.
Shareholders are set to pocket 58 per cent of a $65 million settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates if the deal is approved by a court at a hearing this month.