Justice Houda Younan

Hilton has filed an appeal after losing a challenge to a $173 million tax adjustment from the 2015 sale of the Sydney Hilton Hotel.

A court has slapped an injunction on Ryzon Materials to restrain it from a proposed capital reduction, citing concerns it could allow the company to avoid a potential penalty in a case by the corporate regulator.

Hilton has lost its challenge to a $173 million tax adjustment from the 2015 sale of the Sydney Hilton Hotel, with a judge finding the transaction was entered into for the dominant purpose of obtaining a tax benefit. 

A developer linked to Keystone Asset Management has failed to persuade the Full Federal Court to exempt three family trusts from a $158 million freezing order.

Developer Robert Filippini, who is suspected of fraudulently receiving investor money from defunct Keystone Asset Management, is seeking to appeal an extension of freezing orders over family trusts that hold property and several luxury cars.

The Full Court has rejected an appeal by the tax office over the classification of a redundancy payment, finding that an early learning centre worker who was offered reduced hours and pay as part of a restructure was made redundant.

BHP and Rio Tinto have told a court that the claims of thousands of women who allegedly experienced workplace sexual harassment and discrimination should not be brought as class actions.

The headmaster of The King’s School has settled Fair Work proceedings brought against the elite Sydney school late last year. 

Pauline Hanson and Brian Burston have quietly settled a lawsuit in which Hanson alleged that Burston subjected her to victimisation in breach of the Sex Discrimination Act after she publicly accused him of sexually harassing female staff. 

Software giant Oracle has won its bid to stay a $252 million fight with ATO over royalties, with the Full Federal Court finding the cases would not provide guidance in 15 other software disputes about the operation of the royalty tax.