Mayfield Development has been granted the High Court’s leave to make its argument that derivative Crown immunity does not apply to NSW Ports, in a seven-year-old competition case.
The High Court has upheld a decision that found Helensburgh Coal should have tried to redeploy 22 workers it dismissed as redundant and replaced with contractors.
An appeals court has thrown out X Corp’s legal challenge to a compliance notice issued by the eSafety Commissioner to corporate predecessor Twitter over child exploitation material monitoring on its platform.
Five passengers who were forced off a Qatar Airways flight and strip searched at Doha International Airport have successfully appealed the summary dismissal of their case against the airline, with the Full Court finding key issues were not suited for summary determination.
The High Court has rebuffed the CFMEU’s constitutional challenge to legislation used to facilitate its takeover by the federal government, rejecting an argument that the laws were enacted with the illegitimate aim of suppressing the union’s political activities.
Disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is digging in with his attack on a judge’s findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, asking the High Court to find in his favour in a defamation case against Nine.
The High Court has rebuffed the CFMEU’s constitutional challenge to legislation used to facilitate its takeover by the federal government, rejecting an argument that the laws amounted to an unjust acquisition of the union’s property.
Two months after reserving judgment, an appeals court has allowed the Worley class action to reopen the case to offer its take on the relevance of the Full Court’s ruling last month in the CBA class actions.
In tossing his challenge to a finding that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan, an appeals court rejected Ben Roberts-Smith’s criticisms of the trial judge, finding the judge gave sufficient weight to the presumption of innocence.
Air Canada did not waive a defence allowing it to cap damages at $240,000 in a claim by several passengers over alleged spinal and psychological injuries caused by turbulence on a 2019 flight, the High Court has ruled.