Barristers

The High Court will weigh in on the relevance of reputation in passing off claims, taking up an appeal by Bed Bath N’ Table of a finding that rival retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.

MP Alex Greenwich has lost his bid for indemnity costs from ex-NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham, with a judge finding it was not unreasonable for Latham to reject a $20,000 offer to settle the defamation suit.

Insurer AAI has taken aim at an architect and builder as it seeks to limit its liability in a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed in two high-rise towers in a Sydney suburb.

Insurer AIA, fresh off losing a bid to be severed from a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed in two high-rise towers in a Sydney suburb, has lobbed cross-claims at the towers' architect and builder. 

A judge has dismissed a class action alleging Homes Victoria decided to demolish public housing towers in Melbourne without consulting residents, saying the government agency’s power to redevelop land “is not conditioned on observing procedural fairness”.

The High Court has refused special leave to Transport for NSW to weigh in on a dispute over the value of land acquired near the Western Sydney Airport.

Australia’s largest brick manufacturer Brickworks has settled a competition case brought against rival BGC, a company founded by billionaire Len Buckeridge. 

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption will conduct a public inquiry into whether former School Infrastructure NSW CEO Anthony Manning and others improperly awarded contracts and jobs to their friends. 

JB Asset Management has clawed back $3 million from a scuttled real estate deal involving LBA Capital, almost a year after LBA’s director was jailed for fraud.

Payments by bottler Schweppes Australia to US drink giant PepsiCo should be assessed as royalty income under tax law, the ATO has told the High Court in a high-stakes case.