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High Court won’t rule on ex-HWL Ebsworth partner’s expulsion
Business of Law 2025-06-16 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined a special leave application from a former HWL Ebsworth partner seeking to undo a finding that his age-related expulsion from the partnership did not run afoul of the Equal Opportunity Act.

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Cantarella loses bid to have honest concurrent user ‘conundrum’ resolved by High Court
Intellectual Property 2025-06-16 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined coffee maker Cantarella’s special leave application arguing the Full Court should have found it was an honest concurrent user of the ‘Oro’ trade mark, which was first used by another coffee maker.

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High Court to review Macdonald, Obeids convictions
Appeals 2025-06-12 11:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has granted special leave applications by labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, seeking to toss their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.

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Law firm loses challenge to $1.1M fee cut in Aveo class action
Appeals 2025-06-12 11:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has dismissed a law firm’s challenge to a ruling that cut $1.14 million of its fees from a settled class action against retirement home operator Aveo, noting the “inordinate delay” in preparing key evidence.  The class action, launched in September 2017 on behalf of residents at Aveo’s retirement villages, settled for $11…

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ATO gets shot at undoing landmark tax ruling with High Court grant
Tax 2025-06-12 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to hear the ATO’s bid to reverse landmark ruling that found an unpaid present entitlement to a corporate beneficiary is not a loan under tax law, a decision that affects $50 billion in trust distributions. The Tax Office won special leave from the High Court on Thursday, as it seeks…

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Medibank’s bid to keep Deloitte reports from class action sent to Full Court
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-06-11 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has sent to the Full Federal Court Medibank’s fight to shield Deloitte reports into a data breach, raising concerns about how evidence from a solicitor and the health insurer’s inhouse lawyer was previously treated. 

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Full Court to weigh in on misfeasance in public office in Clive Palmer appeal
Public Corruption 2025-06-10 11:40 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has found Clive Palmer’s appeal of a judgment striking out his lawsuits against former ASIC chair James Shipton raises important questions about what’s required to advance a claim of misfeasance in public office and should be heard by the Full Court. 

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High Court sides with Valuer-General over St Kilda Rd heritage property
Real Estate 2025-06-11 11:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Valuer-General of Victoria has won a High Court appeal against developer WSTI Properties over a $2.9 million valuation for a heritage property in Melbourne, which centred on the meaning of an “improvement” to the land. 

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Ex-Turner Freeman client wants to appeal failed case over property dispute
Appeals 2025-06-11 3:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A former Turner Freeman client is seeking to appeal a District Court decision summarily dismissing his professional negligence case against the firm and a silk over a dispute with an owners corporation. 

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ASIC’s appeal in case against Auto & General rejected as ‘inherently contradictory’
Insurance 2025-06-06 11:50 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An appeals court has dismissed the corporate regulator’s “logically inconsistent” appeal against a landmark decision that found insurer Auto & General did not include an unfair term in its contracts.

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