Judges

A judge has thrown out Clive Palmer's lawsuits against former Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair James Shipton after finding the claims had no reasonable prospects of success.

Lendlease has lost its bid to allow a key witness to give evidence by audio-visual link in its fight with a company owned by the Macarthur-Onslow family over a Campbelltown development.

CityLink plans to appeal a February decision that found it overcharged Eastlink operator ConnectEast for roaming fees to allow users to use both toll roads on one account.

Class actions against Hyundai and Kia over alleged defective anti-lock braking systems could expand "dramatically”, a court has heard, as a contest over competing cases ticks over into a second year.

A lesbian group is challenging the rejection of its bid to be exempt from anti-discrimination laws in order to bar trans women from its events, and wants the appeal heard by the same judges hearing a similar case.

The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by a union representing rail electricians of cooling-off orders made by the Fair Work Commission amid an ongoing dispute with Sydney Trains.

After more than a decade, luxury home builder Glenvill is a step closer to remediation for an asbestos clean-up at an industrial site in the Melbourne suburb of Alphington, purchased from Amcor for residential development.

Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources has lost its privilege claim over an internal investigation into the failure of one of its wellhead systems, which is at the centre of a defects claim against equipment manufacturer Cactus Wellhead.

NT Coalition Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has dropped two defences in defamation proceedings levelled against her by Central Land Council CEO Lesley Turner.

Former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham is pushing back on Sydney MP Alex Greenwich's bid for indemnity costs, arguing that he was justified in rejecting defamation settlement offers that required an apology.