Cindy Cameronne

Food delivery service HungryPanda wants to lift a stay in a case against competitor Fantuan over the acquisition of delivery platform EASI, after a $24 million judgment was entered in related UK proceedings.

The Australian Energy Regulator has brought a High Court challenge to orders that it return a $25 million penalty paid by power company AGL for overcharging hundreds of customers receiving Centrelink payments.

A securities class action against Boral will go mediation before the former Chief Justice of the Federal Court early next year, with a judge saying the High Court will likely hand down its much-anticipated judgment in the CBA class action before then.

A judge has granted interim freezing orders against Star Investment Group Australia and its director after finding reasonable grounds to suspect it misled investors while promoting a development scheme in regional Victoria.

Settling a split in authorities from the 19th century, an appeals court has found that a solicitor’s lien applies over all money held in a client’s trust account and covers the costs of enforcing unpaid legal fees, not just the bill itself.

Property developer Villawood has argued that a company incorporated to manage a project in regional Victoria can't withdraw admissions over an alleged fraudulent scheme by a former director to divert management fees. 

A judge presiding over a decade-long class action over alleged defective Ford vehicles has raised concerns about the prospect of conflicting Full Federal Court judgments, as issues over damages continue.

Former Keystone Asset Management director Paul Chiodo has agreed not to raise money for his property fund Royce Capital after ASIC alleged the fund was secretly being used to cover his legal fees in the regulator’s enforcement action.

Qube has accused Martinus Rail of behaving like a “delinquent debtor” as it seeks to restrain the logistics company from enforcing a $26 million judgment in a dispute over Sydney’s $4 billion Moorebank Intermodal Terminal.

A judge has shot down Sydney Water's bid for discovery from a Frasers Property-Altis Real Estate joint venture, in a dispute over $48 million in infrastructure contribution charges for a $1 billion industrial development in Western Sydney.