Most Recent
ASIC says payday lenders Cigno, BSF and their directors should pay $150 million in penalties, arguing a judge should not have found they were entitled to a reduced $7 million in penalties because they had relied on legal advice from Piper Alderman.
The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal in a class action over the government’s 2011 live exports ban, which will have consequences for the damages that can be awarded to cattle exporters.
A judge has found Coles engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when advertising products with a 'Down Down' discount, in a win for the consumer regulator and a class action.
A WA insurance broker has brought a $3 million case against insurance broking network Steadfast Group as well as insurers QBE and Allianz, alleging they engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the market for insurance broking services in Australia.
Construction PRO
In the first climate change case to reach its doors, the High Court has been urged to reject Mach Energy’s “strict approach” to considering the local impacts of its Mount Pleasant coal mine extension under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act.
Zip Co will have to rebrand after losing a challenge to non-bank lender Firstmac’s ‘Zip’ trade mark, with the High Court finding the honest concurrent use is to be judged by the standards of “ordinary, decent people”, not a subjective “Robin Hood” test.
Concert pianist Jason Gillham has denied that his social media activity would have led potential concert hosts to perceive him as antisemitic, as his discrimination case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra heads to trial.
Shell’s Australian arm has succeeded in challenging a finding by the ATO that it needed to pay an additional $99 million in capital gains tax after it disposed of its 34.27 per cent holding in Woodside Petroleum.
MinterEllison has denied an administrator’s claims that she was subjected to discrimination and repeated incidents of bullying, saying she frequently raised complaints about "innocuous" interactions with colleagues.
Construction PRO
A judge has allowed Adani unit Bravus to bring a $22 million counterclaim against Isaac Regional Council in Queensland, alleging it breached an agreement to upgrade a 96-kilometre road to access the Carmichael mine.