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High Court shoots down solicitors’ CFO in Blue Sky class action
Class Actions 2025-08-06 10:54 am By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has unanimously found the Federal Court has no power to allow solicitors to take a cut of a settlement or judgment in a shareholder class action against Blue Sky, saying it would be contrary to rules against contingency fees in NSW. 

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Court awards Google adtech class action prize to cooperating law firms
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-06 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has spiked Piper Alderman’s class action alleging Google abuses its dominance in digital advertising, favouring a competing case run jointly by two other firms, despite suggesting such arrangements hinted at lawyers “passing the prize around”. 

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Judge caps Aboriginal group’s costs in dispute over $1B Regis gold mine
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-06 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An Aboriginal group joined to Regis Resources’ challenge to a decision concerning its McPhillamys gold mine has won an order capping its costs at $20,000, with a judge rejecting the gold producer’s argument the order was unnecessary. 

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IP Australia cans Better Beer’s brand battle with rival TRADIE
Intellectual Property 2025-08-05 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Craft brewer Better Beer has lost a challenge to rival TRADIE’s bid to register a trade mark for the promotional phrase ‘TRADIE Beer Built Better’, with IP Australia finding no real danger of confusion between the brands.

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Barrister who failed to disclose contempt conviction loses battle for practicing certificate
Business of Law 2025-08-04 11:46 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A barrister who claimed a conviction for contempt had “slipped his mind” has lost an appeal of a decision finding he was not a fit and proper person to hold a practicing certificate.

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Uber win reversed on appeal in fight over $81M in payroll tax
Tax 2025-08-01 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW tax office has succeeded on appeal in its fight with Uber over five years of payroll tax totalling more than $81 million, with an appeals court finding that payments made to drivers are taxable.

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Judge won’t force sale of $23M Footscray logistics site
Real Estate 2025-08-04 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has refused to force the sale of a Footscray property used for logistics services, estimated to be worth $23 million, saying an agreement by the co-owners to sell it by a deadline could no longer be performed. 

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Sydney suburban gym wins $10 in appeal over lease with new owner
Real Estate 2025-08-04 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The operator of a gym previously inside a Bankstown RSL club has scored a partial win on appeal against its new landlord, but has only received nominal damages of $10. 

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X loses Full Court challenge to eSafety Commissioner infringement notice
Appeals 2025-07-31 10:53 am By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has thrown out X Corp’s legal challenge to a compliance notice issued by the eSafety Commissioner to corporate predecessor Twitter over child exploitation material monitoring on its platform. 

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Charter Hall can respond to Pitt St developer’s reply evidence in $100M suit
Construction 2025-08-01 11:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed Charter Hall to respond to developer Pro-Invest’s expert evidence in a case claiming $100 million in damages for the lost opportunity to build a 26-storey hotel in the Sydney CBD. 

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