Barristers

The Full Court has upheld the cancellation of a US sports merchandise company's 'Fanatics' trade mark, agreeing it knew about Australian AFL merchandise maker FanFirm’s trade marks when it chose its name. 

A member of the Waterhouse racing family has lost his court fight with a neighbour over planned renovations to the garage of his $26 million distinctive Sydney mansion.

Roberts Co is fighting a finding that a $3.2 million payment claim served after-hours on a Friday by subcontractor Sharvain Facades was valid, arguing that voiding contractual provisions has broad consequences for the construction industry. 

A judge has ordered solicitors in a residential building spat to explain why costs orders should not be made against them, after they racked up sizeable fees for what she described as a small and simple dispute.

Aristocrat has lost its bid to question class action members about whether they have a gambling problem ahead of mediation, with a judge saying it called for “self-diagnosis” and would not yield reliable results.

The corporate regulator has appealed a Federal Court decision that rejected part of its case against HCF Life Insurance over a pre-existing condition term in its policies that was found to be misleading but not unfair.

In the third decision approving an unaltered group costs order at the resolution of a class action, a judge has OK'd an $85 million settlement by ANZ, representing a $21 million payday for Maurice Blackburn.

A judge has given the greenlight to a $10 million settlement with entities linked to late solicitor and Banksia class action mastermind Mark Elliott, noting the “perverse” difficulty of recovering more of the $70 million in assets held on trust.

Two conservation groups opposing Whitehaven Coal’s Winchester South coal mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin have won court approval to adduce late expert evidence on possible climate scenarios.

Melbourne developer SK Developments has won freezing orders against a builder, with a judge finding there was a danger that a $1.98 million judgment could be avoided.