Judges

Animal drug company Zoetis has lost its bid for summary dismissal of claims that it infringed US-based animal genomics company Scidera's bovine gene patent, with a judge saying its novel arguments were not so clear-cut and needed to be worked out at trial.

Owners of apartments in Sydney's One Central Park, who are embroiled in disputes with developer Frasers over defective planter boxes on the building's façade, can't get a court declaration to impact rectification works.

A judge has vacated an upcoming trial in a $27 million lawsuit against a unit of Coronation Property over alleged defects in a Liverpool high-rise.

Developer CIP Group must fork over another $1.17 million in further security for costs in a derivative case against entities associated with a 600-lot development in Brisbane.

The contingency fee rate sought by Shine Lawyers in its bid to vary a group costs order in a class action against EML Payments has been revealed as the percentage profit it initially proposed to a judge, who took an ax to it three years ago.

The liquidator for collapsed property developer Monarch Tower has lost its appeal seeking an extension of time to bring voidable transaction claims said to be worth $27 million against 13 individuals and companies.

A judge has declined car dealer software supplier Pentana's bid to withdraw admissions made over four years ago in a dispute with competitor Titan DMS.

Billabong founder Gordon Merchant has won the ear of the High Court in his fight over what the ATO claims was a "wash sale" of his 10 million shares in the retailer, but the justices have also agreed to hear the tax office's appeal.

Engineering firm WSP may seek to permanently stay a new suit by Canberra builder Morris Construction that claims it should be on the hook for engineering and design failures by a subsidiary, the latest fight between the parties over a troubled Kingston development. 

A former authorised representative of Resilium Insurance Broking has failed to persuade an appeals court that the intermediary network breached a contract by providing its client data to a new representative.