Barristers

A judge has granted most of the documents sought by a shareholder class action against Origin Energy but declined to make a ‘safety net’ discovery order, agreeing with the energy company that it was unnecessary. 

The High Court has tossed a Mauritius company’s case seeking to enforce a $111.3 million arbitration award against India, finding the country's ratification of the New York Convention did not mean it had waived its immunity from the suit.

Transport for New South Wales is mulling an appeal of a ruling that ordered it to pay an additional $28.6 million for land acquired to build the M12 motorway to the new Western Sydney Airport. 

Vietnamese airline VietJet has lost its bid to set aside a US$215 million judgment in favour of aircraft leasing company FW Aviation, in a dispute over a lease agreement for four Airbus A321 passenger jets.

A hearing set for this week on relief sought by Fortnite maker Epic Games in its competition case against Google will not go ahead as planned, after the companies reached a global settlement. But the terms of the deal remain to be approved by the ACCC.

A judge has rejected a bid by Toyota's finance arm to require group members in two class actions to register ahead of mediation to participate in any settlement arising from mediation in the cases.

A judge has threatened to vacate the trial in Dexus’ case against Melbourne Airport operator APAC after all the defendants tried to file documents late, suggesting the lawyers may be hit with personal costs orders.

German car hire company SIXT has attacked the Darwin International airport owner's construction of their lease contract in a $1.9 million spat over the appropriate formula for rent calculations, saying it was trying to have the "best of both worlds".

Trial in a case by the Wilderness Society challenging Santos' plans for its Reindeer gas field kicked off Tuesday, with counsel for the activist group saying the energy giant needed to show it coud cover decommissioning costs.

A leading competition law barrister has been appointed as the federal government’s chief legal advisor, with the government’s kids social media ban and attacks on hate speech laws to be among her early challenges.