Industries

A self-represented former director of the defunct Falcon Capital has told a court he has emails that clear him of claims by ASIC, but the corporate regulator said the documents may contain privileged information. 

Testing lab ALS must hand over almost all of a McGrathNicol report into allegedly exaggerated coal testing results, after a judge found last year the company had waived privileged over parts of the report by referring to its findings in an ASX statement.

ASIC will press on with its case against defunct lender Oak Capital alleging the company's business model was designed to avoid consumer protections under the National Credit Code.

A judge has told US-based haircare company Amika, which has accused Kmart and Target of selling knock-off versions of its products, that it must choose between early mediation or going to mediation "fully armed" with discovery.

Monadelphous has won the post-trial reversal of a ruling that excluded some of its evidence in a $2.6 million dispute over alleged corrosion damage to a marine barge.

A Lucent Group vehicle is suing contractor Wolf Construction to stop it from enforcing a $379,000 SOPA ruling for works at a townhouse precinct development at the site of a former abattoir in Northcote, Melbourne.

A judge has refused to shift the trial dates in a dispute regarding a strata plan renewal for a Chatswood apartment block to accommodate a solicitor's honeymoon.

A lawyer for federal environment minister Murray Watt has complained about delays in a proceeding by the developers of a rejected proposal for two 40-storey towers in Parramatta, telling a court a revised proposal should not be "mixed up" with the case.

Dexus has sold a premium Brisbane office building whose tenants include HSF Kramer and Allens to US investment management firm Barings for $700 million. 

CBRE has settled a lawsuit by an employee who alleged he was forced to continue working with a manager who falsely accused him of killing his rabbit.