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A judge has upheld a ruling that rejected a bid by two class actions against Victorian aged care providers for insurance and financial information, finding the court likely does not have the power to order the production of documents that are not relevant to the proceeding.
A leading class action firm may seek compensation for those who were illegally detained after the High Court ruled that Australia's system of holding individuals indefinitely in immigration detention is unlawful.
Glencore-owned Viterra has failed in its bid for High Court leave to challenge a ruling in a 10-year battle with Cargill over the 2013 sale of malt producer Joe White, leaving the grain producer to fork over damages of almost $300 million.
The High Court has declined to weigh in on a dispute between a retired law firm partner and the ATO over tax on $182,000 in goodwill payments the lawyer received upon exiting the firm's partnership.
The Indian government has lodged an appeal after a judge found it can't avoid a $111.3 million arbitral award in a dispute with three Mauritian companies that invested in Indian satellites.
Two Catholic school teachers are entitled to pay rises included in new enterprise agreements, despite resigning before they took effect, an appeals court has found.
The High Court has refused to throw out a personal injury case over 55-year-old child sexual abuse claims, despite the death of the alleged perpetrator and most relevant witnesses, saying a permanent stay is a “measure of last resort”.
Construing an “ambiguous” order from the Full Federal Court, a judge has ordered a fresh trial in a trade secrets case that touched on the permissible scope of law firms’ involvement in drafting expert reports.
An advocacy group has appealed a judgment that found it was "legally open" to federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to approve the extension of two mega coal mines in New South Wales.
A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute have lost a second bid to declass a representative proceeding on behalf of 13,500 patients who claim they were injured by botched breast augmentation surgery.