Events

A failed challenge by baby food maker Bellamy's Australia to a decision rejecting its application to limit legal costs in two class actions was "not strong", but was not so unreasonable as to put them on the hook for indemnity costs, the Full Federal Court has ruled.

Westpac has offered an appeals court two more reasons to affirm its victory in a closely watched responsible lending case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over almost 262,000 home loans.

A former HWL Ebsworth special counsel has appealed a ruling that tossed his unlawful dismissal case against the firm as "trivial" and "wholly unrealistic".

An appeals court has upheld a ruling that found two firms previously run by Joseph "Diamond Joe" Gutnik and his family were insolvent, ending a long-running battle over hundreds of millions of dollars in mining assets.

Lawyers for Norton Rose Fulbright have flagged their “very real concerns” about further delays to a long-running dispute with a former partner, who has indicated the will try to appeal a ruling partially granting him leave to appeal a discovery decision in the case.

Chemical giant BASF has dropped a lawsuit against Lubrizol Corporation challenging proposed amendments to a fuel additive patent.

The National Tertiary Education Union has asked a court for permission to intervene in support of sacked physics professor and climate skeptic Peter Ridd as he fights James Cook University's appeal of a $1.2 million judgment against it.

Imposing an injunction in general form against a patent infringer is not an undue burden in and of itself, the Full Federal Court has ruled in siding with printer giant Seiko Epson in its ongoing intellectual property fight with cartridge reseller Calidad.

Supermarket giant Coles has lost an appeal over $40 million in tax credits it had claimed for fuel that evaporated or leaked from tanks at its service stations, after a judge described the supermarket giant’s argument as “artificial”.

IOOF subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees has been hit with an $80.6 million judgment after breaching its duty as trustee in the sale of a 42,000 hectare timber plantation by collapsed forestry giant Gunns Group, and it can't pass the liability on to Spark Helmore, despite the law firm's inadequate advice.