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ASIC appeals ruling in case against payday lenders Cigno, BHF Solutions
ASIC is challenging the dismissal of its enforcement action against payday lenders Cigno and BHF Solutions in a decision that found the companies did not need a licence to issue loans to hundreds of thousands of consumers.
Government challenges ‘incoherent’ duty of care in climate change class action appeal
The Commonwealth says a landmark ruling in a class action that found it has a duty of care to protect Australian children from the effects of global warming is "incoherent" and distorts its ability to balance competing interests.
‘A hint, a wink or a nod’: Appeals court says harassment need not be sexually explicit
An appeals court has upheld a $100,000 sexual harassment judgment against a Sanitarium-owned company for designing, displaying and distributing a poster featuring a worker alongside the words "feel great - lubricate".
SPC appeals $1.2M judgment related to $40M Coca-Cola Amatil deal
Melbourne-based joint venture Shepparton Partners Collective has appealed a $1.2 million judgment which found it infringed software developer QAD's copyright by failing to pay a transfer fee to retain the licence after it acquired the iconic SPC Ardmona cannery in Victoria from Coca-Cola Amatil for $40 million.
Ben Roberts-Smith trial to resume with evidence from four Afghan witnesses
Four witnesses who allegedly saw Ben Roberts-Smith kick a handcuffed man off a cliff in Afghanistan will give evidence next week in the war veteran’s defamation trial, which has been disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions in NSW.
Former NSW ministers Eddie Obeid, Ian Macdonald found guilty of conspiracy
A judge has found former NSW Labor Ministers Ian McDonald and Eddie Obeid, as well as Obeid's son Moses, guilty of conspiring to rig a tender process for a coal mining exploration licence on the Obeids' land in the Bylong Valley.
Noni B owner appeals ruling ordering it to hand over docs to ACMA
Mosaic Brands has appealed a ruling ordering it to comply with a request for documents from the Australian Communications and Media Authority over its potential violations of the Spam Act.
IP Australia accuses judge of ‘impermissible gloss’ on patent term extension law
IP Australia has appealed a ruling granting drug company Ono Pharmaceutical a patent extension for a cancer immunotherapy drug, calling it an "impermissible gloss" on the Patents Act that is at odds with the law's purpose.
Judge admonished for ‘complete lack of intellectual engagement’ in migration case
A Federal Court judge has admonished Federal Circuit Court Judge Sandy Street for “a complete lack of intellectual engagement” in considering whether an Indian migrant engaged in a sham marriage in order to stay in Australia.
Trial in Ben Roberts-Smith case may move from Sydney as COVID-19 lockdown drags on
Trial in the defamation case by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith against Nine may face additional delays or be transferred out of Sydney after the NSW Government extended the city's COVID-19 restrictions by two weeks.