Judges

Elon Musk’s X Corp has been ordered to pay $750,000 after admitting it failed to give the eSafety Commissioner information about measures it has taken to crack down on child exploitation on its platform. 

EY Australia faces a lawsuit by a former intern who alleges she was harassed by her manager, victimized after making a complaint, and precluded from participating in a culture review by former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick.

A developer has defeated a golf driving range’s challenge to plans for a major residential development on the Fraser Coast in Queensland, with a judge finding it was barred from bringing the appeal by an earlier $500,000 settlement.

Qube Ports has had limited success in seeking to strike out portions of an independent contractor's case that alleges the logistics giant is vicariously liable for an employee's sexual harassment at a work event.

The former executive chairman at regional airline Rex has admitted ASIC’s claims that he misled investors about the company’s position and breached his directors duties and may give evidence for the corporate watchdog, a court has heard. 

IAG is fighting a shareholder class action's bid to amend against the case to include a new damages claim, telling the court the insurer already understands the case against it.

The operator of Hunter Valley's luxury Elysia Retreat has settled its trade mark infringement suit against the newly established Elysium Hotel in Noosa.

An appeals court has mostly rejected the claims of a former Colliers director who says he lost out on purchasing a more expensive property in the affluent Sydney suburb of Paddington due to commissions his former employer failed to pay. 

Vexatious recusal applications by self-represented litigants are on the rise, according to the peak body for judicial officers in Australia, and they increasingly involve “unwarranted intrusions” into judges' personal lives that would not be allowed in any other workplace.

Two Credit Suisse funds and UBS on Monday lost a battle to shield documents in sprawling litigation over the collapse of trade financier Greensill, failing in their arguments that production of the material ran afoul of Swiss and Luxembourg law.