A judge has refused to separately hear an application by a Clive Palmer-controlled company to wind up a time-share scheme at Queensland’s Palmer Coolum Resort, describing the bid as an attempt by the company to avoid making admissions about its conduct, which allegedly resulted in the “death of the resort”.
A firm owned by solicitor Mark Elliot has launched an appeal challenging costs orders made against it in a stayed class action against winemaker Treasury Wine Estates.
Landowners above the Sydney Metro underground tunnel will be allowed to claim compensation before construction is complete, with a court also preparing to consider potential compensation for any reduced development potential.
Global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has successfully defended the patent for its sedative drug Precedex against a validity challenge, a big win for the drug maker after a US court found last year that its patents for a ready-to-use version of the drug were invalid for obviousness.
A judge has allowed a company associated with leading tyre retailer Bob Jane T-Mart to register three trade marks for its brand of Monster alloy wheels, dismissing claims from US energy drink giant Monster Energy that allowing the registration would lead to confusion.
An appeals court has tossed a challenge to the dismissal of an investor class action against the Public Trustee of Queensland over a failure to predict the 2008 collapse of Gold Coast-based finance group Octaviar, finding that the class had run a case based on allegations outside of its claims.
Lawyers for Radio Rentals are trying to take back hundreds of potentially privileged documents in a consumer class action over the company’s ‘Rent, Try, $1 Buy’ program, after they were accidentally disclosed as a result of an IT redaction error.
A developer of what’s now being called the “Infamous Mod” for video game Grand Theft Auto, which gives players extra powers, is confident he can defend the copyright case brought against him by Take-Two Interactive and its subsidiary Rockstar Games.
Shareholders of troubled sandalwood producer Quintis who are eligible group members in two consolidated class actions against the company can bet on which of the two cases will give them the best returns, if any, and the Federal Court has appointed an independent lawyer to help them make the choice.
Failed winemaker David James has launched a fresh bid to overturn a $14 million judgment for ANZ against him, telling a court he is still pursuing the bank after six years because the dispute has “taken his life’s work”.