Events

A judge has rejected claims from the defendants in a sinking homes class action by Sydney homeowners that determining common question is not a 'material change' that would warrant additional discovery, but still declined to order discovery.

Vittoria Cantarella has taken the fight to revive its ‘Oro’ trade marks to the High Court, arguing the Full Court should have found it was an honest concurrent user of the marks, which were first used by another coffee maker.

Green iron start-up Element Zero has lost its latest bid to set aside search orders in a case by Fortescue alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron. 

The corporate regulator has asked the Full Court to stamp out avenues for corporate mischief, as it challenges a finding about the authorised representative exemption to the licence requirement of financial services providers.

A group of class actions against healthcare providers in Victoria that allegedly failed to pay junior doctors for overtime have settled for $175 million. 

A court has approved the construction of 669 apartments in the Western Sydney suburb of Edmonson Park after the local council initially refused the development application filed on behalf of Bathla Group. 

Liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group have brought proceedings against Hall & Wilcox, the law firm for the company's previous liquidators.

The Full Federal Court's docket for 2025 is stacked with class action appeals after a bad run for plaintiffs at trial.

The national operations manager at an Australian law firm has been struck from the roll for professional misconduct after a tribunal found she had a “pattern and history of dishonesty” while dealing with trust accounts. 

A judge has rejected claims by a Neil Mansell unit that routine maintenance on a Sunshine Coast quarry haulage route is an “unduly onerous” condition for operating the quarry.