Events

The High Court has rejected former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann's special leave application seeking to appeal civil findings that he raped colleague Brittany Higgins.

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.

A judge has hit Electro Optic Systems with a $4 million penalty after the defence firm admitted to continuous disclosure breaches by failing to reveal a drop in its 2022 revenue forecasts.

A Victorian garbage man who admitted to sharing explicit material at work has been awarded compensation after the Fair Work Commission found he was unfairly dismissed.

The court battle between APAC and major shareholder Dexus over the sale of an investor's stake in the airport operator went to a hearing this week, but it's the solicitors representing the warring parties that found themselves on trial.

A senior in-house lawyer at Dexus has rejected suggestions she was “careless” in her role in the sale of shares in Melbourne Airport operator APAC, saying she relied on a subordinate lawyer and others within the business. 

The High Court has agreed to review a ruling that upheld an easement of prescription -- or right of long use -- in a fight between a member of the prominent Valmorbida family and an entity linked to the founder of collapsed construction group Steller over access to a Sorrento property.

The High Court has declined two special leave applications in lawsuits over the failed Pentridge Village development in Melbourne. 

Lawyers assured two Dexus executives that it was OK to share the confidential information of Melbourne Airport operator APAC with proposed purchasers of the real estate asset manager's stake in the company, a court has heard.

Dairy giant a2 Milk has agreed to cough up $62 million to settle a consolidated shareholder class action over a 2021 guidance.