Christine Caulfield

A bill introduced by the South Australian government that would retrospectively strip workers of the right to earn Sundary penalty rates has been slammed by a law firm bringing class actions against retail and fast food giants.

The Queensland government's application to register a trade mark for QBuild will go ahead after an unsuccessful objection by a Melbourne construction company of the same name. 

The owners of Millmerran Power Station and Commodore Coal Mine in Queensland are appealing a $30 million win for contractor BUMA, and have won their bid to challenge subsequent costs orders.

Engineering services firm Worley has taken last month's landmark loss in a shareholder class action to the High Court, challenging the Full Federal Court's embrace of market-based causation and its adoption of the facilitation principle.

After getting the nod from a judge, the trustee for the Dexus bloc of shareholders in airport operator APAC has lodged an appeal of a finding that it committed a material and irremediable breach of the owners' deed.

The owner of Northcote Shopping Centre in Melbourne has lost its bid for leave to appeal in a fight with budget supermarket Aldi over whether clauses imposing a cap on rental increases is contrary to the Retail Leases Act.

The government of Peru has won its appeal against an Australian Trade Mark Office decision that rejected its bid to trademark the alcoholic spirit pisco.

A judge has ruled that the trustee for Dexus' airport fund is justified in challenging a court decision that forces a compulsory sale of a $4.5 billion interest in the operator of Melbourne Airport.

A judge has declined to grant an injunction to stop Southern Cross Gold unit Clonbinane Goldfield from commencing works on its Sunday Creek exploration tunnel project until a challenge to the government’s approval is resolved.

KPMG's national chairman Martin Sheppard is stepping down to make way for an independent chair, and audit partners Eileen Hoggett and Paul Rogers are leaving the firm.