The High Court has upheld a $1.3 million damages award to native title holders in the Northern Territory town of Timber Creek for their loss of spiritual attachment to the land, in the first ever assessment by the court of native title compensation.
The courts should be given express statutory power to resolve competing class actions that establishes the factors to consider when picking a winning case, a leading class action judge has said.
A Mildura-based healthcare company and its boss have been committed to stand trial in the first criminal cartel case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission against an Australian business.
Piper Alderman and a senior female partner who has accused the law firm’s leaders of sex discrimination have been unable to settle their dispute out of the glare of the courtroom.
News Corp has called on the ACCC to break up Google, saying the “very serious” step was needed to prevent the search giant from abusing its market power.
Liquidators for the failed Queensland Nickel will be able to interrogate Clive Palmer’s wife over the assets of her husband’s other company, Mineralogy, after telling a court they feared Palmer was squandering company funds on his political campaign.
Jones Day has bolstered its global disputes practice in Melbourne, bringing on experienced international dispute resolution lawyer Leah Ratcliff from BHP.
DLA Piper has reached an agreement with a second barrister who alleged the firm refused to pay him until its client settled the bill, according to court documents.
Rugby Australia, which manages national rugby union team the Wallabies, has lost its claim to the wallabies.com.au domain, which is owned by a Perth company and features pictures and links to articles about the cute marsupials.
An appeals court has dismissed a challenge by Veritas Advisory principal liquidator David Iannuzzi to the admissibility of evidence submitted by the Australian Taxation Office in the agency’s case seeking compensation and a 10-year ban.