Herald Sun articles about Victorian Deputy Liberal Leader Sam Groth’s relationship with his wife, Brittany, are “precisely ” the kind of journalism protected by an exemption in new privacy laws, a court has heard.
ASIC is considering an appeal of a ruling that tossed its conflicted remuneration case against Freedom Insurance’s former boss and another executive over a sales incentive scheme.
Engineering firm Wood & Grieve has failed to convince a judge to compel CPB Contractors to provide it with further and better particulars in a dispute over work on Perth’s Elizabeth Quay redevelopment.
A judge has refused to strike out claims of serious harm in a defamation case by a pro-Israel activist against the owner of Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway, finding the activist did not need to plead to his prior reputation.
Meta has successfully opposed an Australian start-up’s ‘Reelstar’ trade mark, with a delegate finding it was too similar to the social media company’s mark for its short-form video brand Reel.
Meriton has won summary dismissal of a security concierge’s Fair Work claims, with a judge finding the case had no prospects of success.
A tribunal has ordered a defunct builder of a Dandenong apartment complex to pay $2.9 million in damages for a slew of defects and interest on a loan needed to replace combustible cladding.
Two units of builder BGC have won a stay of building remedy orders to re-pipe homes fitted with faulty Iplex piping while they appeal the orders, but have lost a bid to adjourn the appeals.
The corporate cop has won court approval to proceed with a consumer suit against debt manager Solve My Debt, despite the company falling into liquidation.
A class action against NSW over festival strip searches says the state is attempting, again, to declass the proceeding after the lead applicant was awarded $93,000 in damages.