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Nielsen exec claims unfair dismissal after husband’s axing, can’t get job back
Employment 2025-11-13 11:18 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A former managing director of ratings agency Nielsen, who alleges she was unfairly dismissed after her husband was fired from the company, has lost her bid to be temporarily reinstated.

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Mayne wins breathing room in fight to get Cosette merger over the line
M&A 2025-11-13 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mayne Pharma has secured an extension of the deadline for securing Foreign Investment Review Board approval of its $672 million tie-up with US drug maker Cosette.

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Dexus must hand over data room Q&A in spat with Melbourne Airport operator
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-11-14 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

Airport operator APAC has won access to Q&A logs in a data room set up by shareholder Dexus for prospective buyers, in a dispute over whether the real estate asset manager breached a confidentiality deed.

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UN appointee wants in on cases over Woodside North West Shelf extension
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-14 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A United Nations special rapporteur has sought to intervene in three Federal Court cases opposing the federal environment minister’s decision to approve gas giant Woodside’s North West Shelf extension.

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Developer’s lawyers dodge personal costs order after trespass trial delay
Construction 2025-11-14 11:03 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has refused to make a personal costs order against the former lawyers for a Canberra developer who sued two owners corporations for trespass and was lumped with costs after the trial was adjourned.

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Appeal filed in landmark climate change class action
Climate change 2025-11-12 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action is appealing a ruling that found the federal government owes no duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders to protect them from the effects of climate change, with experts predicting the High Court may ultimately decide the issue. 

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Law Society’s approach to $3M case dooms insurer’s bid for quick win
Insurance 2025-11-12 11:49 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Law Society’s unusual approach to a proposed case against a law firm principal for a clerk’s alleged embezzlement of client funds means insurer Lawcover’s summary dismissal bid must fail, a judge has said.

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Shangri-La director strictly liable in Victoria’s combustible cladding suit
Construction 2025-11-13 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

The director of collapsed Shangri-La Construction is personally liable for the $3.2 million in costs of rectification work on external cladding at an apartment complex in southeast Melbourne, a judge has found.

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Mining tech firm’s light tower invention not new or innovative: court
Intellectual Property 2025-11-12 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mining equipment supplier Southern Cross Industrial has lost its suit alleging an industrial lighting manufacturer infringed its patent for a portable light tower, with a judge finding the patent invalid.

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Judge ‘running out of patience’ in Scidera’s bovine gene patent suit
Intellectual Property 2025-11-11 6:11 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has declined to order US-based animal genomics company Scidera to file a position statement in its bovine gene patent infringement suit and said she was “running out of patience” after unsuccessful strike-out and summary dismissal applications by the defendants.

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