Judges

A judge has pushed off the hearing of an urgent application filed overnight against the NSW government to halt a brumby cull at the Yuraygir National Park, after the state did not appear at a 1 am hearing.

Private equity firm Potentia Capital has accused the founder of software company Soprano Design of shareholder oppression, claiming he prevented Soprano's former CEO from performing his role, leading to his resignation four months into the job.

One Nation politician Pauline Hanson has asked the High Court to overturn a finding that she breached the Racial Discrimination Act with a tweet that said Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan”.

The ACCC has appealed a judge's dismissal of its case against mail-order catalogue business Magnamail after finding representations that customers could win major prizes if they ordered from its catalogues were true.

Sequoia Financial subsidiary Interprac has won access to internal AFCA documents, as it pursues action against the financial complaints watchdog over determinations linked to the defunct Shield and First Guardian investment funds. 

The corporate cop is challenging a decision that tossed its breach of duty claims against three Regional Express board members over the company's continuous disclosure failures.

A class action over the government's 2011 live exports ban will go to a referee for determining how the 88,000 cattle that would have been exported should be allocated, despite the class action's claim this was part of the government's plan to declass the proceeding.

On his fourth day giving evidence in a shareholder class action trial, Arrium’s former CEO has denied that the company relied on overly optimistic assumptions when making forecasts about its business, despite a history of missed targets.

A judge has taken the "draconian step" of dismissing long-running tax cases by the members of the Obeid family, on the eve of a hearing over a $30 million freezing order against the family. 

Lifestyle Communities has lost its appeal after a tribunal found that exit fees charged to departing residents were void, with an appeals court saying a tenant must be able to calculate how much they will be charged.