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BHP class action loses bid to have High Court weigh in on group member definition
High Court 2025-06-16 11:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected a special leave application from a shareholder class action against BHP asking it to clarify the correct approach to construing the group member definition.

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Buildcorp entitled to payment for variation works to Blues Point Tower: court
Construction 2025-06-17 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owners of the Blues Point Tower in the Sydney harbourside suburb of McMahons Point must cough up additional payments to builder Buildcorp after it undertook remediation work on the heritage-listed tower. 

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High Court won’t rule on ex-HWL Ebsworth partner’s expulsion
Business of Law 2025-06-16 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined a special leave application from a former HWL Ebsworth partner seeking to undo a finding that his age-related expulsion from the partnership did not run afoul of the Equal Opportunity Act.

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Emma Sleep’s German parent company not on hook for misleading ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-06-16 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Online mattress retailer Emma Sleep has admitted to misleading consumers about the sale price for mattresses, but a court has found its German parent company is not on the hook because its executives did not give directions to the Australian unit.

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Cantarella loses bid to have honest concurrent user ‘conundrum’ resolved by High Court
Intellectual Property 2025-06-16 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined coffee maker Cantarella’s special leave application arguing the Full Court should have found it was an honest concurrent user of the ‘Oro’ trade mark, which was first used by another coffee maker.

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$70M agreement for rezoned Mudgee greenfield site enforceable: court
Real Estate 2025-06-16 11:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Western Sydney developer must make good on an agreement to buy a rezoned greenfield site in regional NSW for $70 million and pay $2.2 million in interest, a judge has found. 

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Class action investigation underway into long day care
Class Actions 2025-06-13 11:01 pm By Sam Matthews

A law firm has launched a class action investigation into the standard of care at child care centres across the country, following reports of widespread failures to meet legal standards in the increasingly privatised industry. 

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Red Bull wins opposition to SeaBull trade mark
Food and Beverage 2025-06-13 9:03 am By Cindy Cameronne

Red Bull has won its opposition to a Chinese beverage manufacturer’s bid to register ‘SeaBull’ as a trade mark for non-alocoholic drinks, with an IP Australia delegate finding the mark is deceptively similar to Red Bull’s.

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High Court to review Macdonald, Obeids convictions
Appeals 2025-06-12 11:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has granted special leave applications by labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, seeking to toss their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.

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Clough’s $54M cross-claim stayed in feud with JV partner over EnergyConnect project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-06-13 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has stayed engineering firm Clough’s $54 million cross-claim against its former joint venture partner on the EnergyConnect transmission project, Elecnor, saying the claim must be sent to arbitration.

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