Barristers

Independent supermarkets should not be insulated from the effects of competition by the ACCC, Coles has told a tribunal as it challenges the watchdog's rejection of its proposed acquisition of a Kalgoorlie supermarket site.

BHP's labour hire subsidiary has told the Full Court that it was up to employees to exercise their right under the Fair Work Act to refuse to work on public holidays, as it defends a class action brought on behalf of up to 7,000 former employees.

Victorian planning minister Sonya Kilkenny will learn Wednesday whether she has prevailed in a High Court fight with IGA over the power of the state Supreme Court to hear planning disputes.

The bankruptcy trustees of a former director of Sydney builder Quasar have won their bid to be joined to proceedings by the company's liquidators over money he allegedly transferred to his former wife, over her objections.

Brambles has asked a judge to put off quantification of group members' claims as it challenges its loss in a shareholder class action and told the court that settlement talks would be a “waste of time and resources”.

A failed class action against former NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees has told the High Court that the character of $165 in alleged conflicted remuneration fees has to be determined by their purpose, rather than how they were described in product disclosure statements.

A man who was detained in hotel quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic has lost his bid for a jury trial in his case against the Victorian government alleging false imprisonment and human rights breaches.

The High Court is set to rule Wednesday on whether animal activists own the copyright in video footage obtained while trespassing on the property of a Victorian slaughterhouse, a case that has implications for press freedoms.

A German food company has lost its bid to register 'Nadi' as a trade mark, with an IP Australia delegate finding the name was not capable of distinguishing the company's goods because it is also the name of Fiji's second-largest town.

Infrastructure fund manager Dexus is adding last month's $30 million costs ruling to its appeal of a decision that found it committed an irremediable breach of APAC's shareholder deed.