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Opal Tower engineer WSP is battling insurers for builder Icon over coverage for the costs of a class action by residents, telling a court on Wednesday that Icon was liable for alleged structural defects in the building despite having subcontracted the structural design to WSP.
The reputation of a registered trade mark and its owner is not relevant in assessing the deceptive similarity of a challenged mark, the High Court has found, clarifying the test for infringement under a section of the Trade Marks Act.
The funder in the Opal Tower class action has appealed a judge's decision to slash its commission for not disclosing proposed deductions from the settlement sum as percentages, telling the Full Court that group members could do "simple arithmetic".
MACH Energy has hit back at a lawsuit by mining executive Nathan Tinkler's companies that alleges a former general manager misused confidential information to help MACH buy the lucrative Mount Pleasant coal mine.
Shareholders have brought a class action in Australia against New Zealand-based Fletcher Building, alleging the company failed to disclose material information relating to its construction division.
The wife of the late mining executive Ken Talbot wanted to "destroy" the law firm that advised her husband about his will, a court has found in awarding costs against the widow.
Allianz must indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred up to four decades ago at the exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar, a judge has found.
A judge overseeing a security dispute in a shareholder class action against KPMG and former directors of Arrium has found that potential profits to the plaintiff law firm running the case under a group costs order is not relevant to determining the quantum of security for costs.
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven has lost its appeal of a $595,000 judgment handed down after a court found a franchisee signed a franchise agreement and invested almost $796,000 into a Melbourne store under false pretences.
ANZ has been hit with a $10 million penalty in a case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleging the bank's home loan 'introducer' referral program breached credit laws.