Hotel booking aggregator Trivago misled consumers about its cheapest price promise by arranging its listings according to payments it received instead of the actual hotel room price, a court has found.
Vocus Group has agreed to settle a shareholder class action over a 2017 profit downgrade, with its insurers footing most of the bill to resolve the proceedings.
The sole director and shareholder of OE Solutions can challenge a ruling ordering him to hand over seized documents to Australian automotive electronics developer Directed Electronics OE, with the Full Federal Court declining to adopt US precedent that carves out an exception to the privilege against self-incrimination for corporate custodians.
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”.
Bookmaker Sportsbet has expanded its case over rival BetEasy’s attempts to operate under the ‘Sportingbet’ trade mark, arguing its marks should be revoked for non-use.
Grocon has won the right to appeal a $13.9 million interlocutory judgment in an ongoing lease dispute with property management firm Dexus, amid concerns that the construction company would be deemed insolvent if it was forced to pay the interim demand notice.
Australian coal miner Moreton Resources has won a Full Federal Court appeal over tax offsets it claims are owed over a failed pilot project testing underground coal gasification, a process which was ultimately banned in Queensland.
A claim by Coles for $40 million in tax credits for fuel that evaporates or leaks from the 3,000 tanks at its service stations — based on an argument that the company buys extra fuel to account for the loss — is “completely unreal”, a lawyer for the tax office told a court Monday.
The Federal Court has given the Victorian arm of Grocon Constructors more time to comply with a $13.9 million judgment in an ongoing lease dispute over a Brisbane office tower, after the construction company promised to file its appeal of the ruling “with diligence and expedition”.
A judge overseeing a lease dispute in relation to a Brisbane CBD office tower has slashed a $43.2 million statutory demand against construction company Grocon by more than two thirds, finding property management firm Dexus was unreasonable to demand payment just two business days after issuing its invoices.