Actor Craig McLachlan has won a bid to stay his defamation case against actress Christie Whelan Browne, Fairfax Media and the ABC in light of recent indecent assault charges brought against him, with a judge finding the cases deal with identical subject matter.
Actor Craig McLachlan will appear in court next month to face charges of indecent assault, four days after trial kicks off in a high-stakes defamation case brought by the actor against Fairfax Media and the ABC over a joint report accusing him of abuse, sexual harassment and assault during the 2014 stage production of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show”.
Scenic Tours wants the High Court to weigh in on a mixed ruling that left the luxury cruise company facing economic damages in a class action alleging they misled customers who were forced to take the bus.
A court has told the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to produce more detailed allegations against former Tennis Australia directors Harold Mitchell and Stephen Healy over Seven Network’s five-year deal for the broadcast rights to the Australian Open after the regulator was slammed for a vague filing.
US television giant Bravo can’t trade mark the phrase “Just Desserts” in Australia for its Top Chef reality cooking show spinoff, a sweet victory for the Seven Network, which challenged the mark.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sued businessman Harold Mitchell for allegedly passing confidential information onto Seven Network while serving as a director at Tennis Australia in order to help the network win broadcast rights to the Australian Open.
Rebel Wilson has lost a bid to have the High Court reconsider an appeals court’s decision to slash her record $4.75 million award in a defamation case against Bauer Media to $600,000.
Cable TV giant Foxtel has succeeded in a second challenge to a digital download patent by a subsidiary of global tech giant Cognizant, but IP Australia has given the patent owner yet another go at fixing it.
Keyboard specialist PKT Technologies has returned for an encore in a six-year long trade mark dispute, appealing a $384,000 judgment against it for violating a trade mark licence agreement with engineer Peter Vogel, inventor of the groundbreaking synthesiser behind some of 80s pop music’s most iconic sounds.
An attempt by Crown Resorts to block ex-employees from talking to class action lawyers about the casino giant’s thwarted business in China was contrary to the public interest, a judge heard Monday.