A judge has found that Telstra cannot be held liable for the sexually harassing conduct of a former employee who allegedly accessed confidential contact information to launch a four-year campaign of harassment against his next-door neighbours.
Former Channel 7 rugby league journalist Josh Massoud has lost an appeal of a decision clearing multiple media outlets of defamation over reports alleging he threatened to kill and defile the corpse of a young reporter.
A judge has rejected a bid by Clive Palmer-owned Palmer Leisure Australia to throw out legal action by the Electoral Commission of Queensland over donations the golf course management company made to Palmerâs United Australia Party in 2020.
Shareholders in a class action against Arrium and KPMG are fighting an $8 million security for costs order sought by former directors of the failed steel giant, who say they should not be forced to defend the case âon a shoestring.â
The director of a law firm ordered to pay $184,000 in wages withheld from a junior lawyer is fighting a decision by the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner to not renew his practicing certificate.
An Australian food and drink importer has been permanently banned from falsely using the words âScotchâ and âScotch Whiskyâ, after being sued by The Scotch Whisky Association for âflagrantâ copyright infringement.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seeking legal advice over reports that predecessor Scott Morrison was secretly appointed to three ministry positions while in the top job.
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has hit back at ASIC proceedings alleging it saddled hundreds of thousands of customers with cash advance fees after providing them with incorrect account balances, saying its customers were “expressly on noticeâ the fees would be charged.
BHP and mining equipment company Epiroc Australia have been sued for alleging infringing a patent held by Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources for an autonomous drilling system.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has questioned a costs agreement between refugee activist Shane Bazzi and his solicitors in a defamation dispute, raising the possibility that “sham bills” may have been provided to the court to assess the costs to which Bazzi is entitled for his successful appeal.