Judges

Collapsed steelmaker Arrium's former chief executive has testified during a shareholder class action trial that a five-year business plan projecting a 'V-shaped' turnaround was not an unrealistic pipe dream.

A class action over Victoria's hotel quarantine debacle that settled for $125 million will seek a record $37.5 million cut for law firm Quinn Emanuel and $250,000 payment for the lead applicant, which was subjected to "public ridicule and hatred" during the matter.

Discount grocery giant Aldi has partially succeeded on appeal of a finding that its Mamia Baby Puffs copied the look of rival Little Bellies baby snacks, but still faces possible additional damages for what a judge said was "flagrant" infringement.

Fashion retailer City Beach has lost an appeal of a $14 million penalty secured by the consumer regulator in the first enforcement action for breaches of button battery safety standards.

The co-producers of 'The Deb' want Rebel Wilson to hand over texts exchanged with a crisis public relations adviser, arguing they could show the actress helped coordinate 'takedown' websites targeting the film's lead actress and one of its producers.

The Tamworth local council has lost its bid to inspect advice given by Baker McKenzie to the owner of the Hills of Gold wind farm in regional NSW as they fight over costs in a development consent dispute.

A former director of property developer Villawood has argued a judge should disqualify himself from hearing a contempt case after finding he gave false instructions to his Mills Oakley solicitor.

The co-owners of a property in the Adelaide CBD have lost their appeal of a tribunal decision that increased the site's value from $5.4 million to $6.9 million.

A senior judge has urged lawyers and judges to “be in the vanguard” of adopting generative artificial intelligence or risk becoming irrelevant, saying machine-made judicial decisions are inevitable.

The former CEO of engineering services firm DRA Global has failed in a dispute over law firm emails he claimed were produced in futherance of an unlawful scheme to take control of the company's board.