Judges

A judge who previously questioned why Geocon's $4 million construction dispute over two Canberra developments was in the Federal Court has said he will continue to hear the case.

Mining equipment supplier Southern Cross Industrial has lost its suit alleging an industrial lighting manufacturer infringed its patent for a portable light tower, with a judge finding the patent invalid.

The NSW Law Society's unusual approach to a proposed case against a law firm principal for a clerk's alleged embezzlement of client funds means insurer Lawcover's summary dismissal bid must fail, a judge has said.

Russia has lost its High Court challenge to the federal government’s decision to terminate its lease on a site where it intended to build a new embassy in Canberra, but the court found the Commonwealth must pay the country reasonable compensation. 

BHP must compensate coal mine workers who were rostered to work at a Queensland mine on Christmas and Boxing Day without a reasonable right of refusal.

Billboard company Manboom has suffered a loss in its case against Jemena Gas alleging the presence of underground gas infrastructure at a site in Mascot, NSW that supplies gas to 1.6 million customers amounts to trespassing.

ASIC has called for a court to strike out negligence and public misfeasance claims in a suit by billionaire Clive Palmer alleging the regulator and its chief investigator were "improperly influenced” by corporate rivals.

Penalties imposed for disclosure breaches will hit two directors of e-commerce firm Open4Sale where it hurts, after a court on Tuesday barred the pair from having recourse to any indemnity by the company.

A company linked to the Victorian Liberal Party that provided a $1.5 million advance to former party leader John Pesutto says a case launched to block the loan should be thrown out.

A judge has declined to order US-based animal genomics company Scidera to file a position statement in its bovine gene patent infringement suit and said she was “running out of patience” after unsuccessful strike-out and summary dismissal applications by the defendants.