Arnold Bloch Leibler

Infrastructure fund manager Dexus must pay a total of $30 million in legal costs to Australia Pacific Airports Corporation and fellow APAC shareholders, after losing its case over a default notice that has forced a sale of Dexus' stake in the airport operator.

A judge has refused a bid by fund manager Blue Sky for an extension in a shareholder class action, saying the amount of costs wasted in the case by “unreasonable positions being taken” was "astounding".

Hearing a fight over $40 million in costs in a case over the sale of Dexus shares in Australia Pacific Airport Corporation, a judge has said he doubts the airport operator can recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on a media consultant during the dispute.

Radio host Jackie O Henderson is challenging broadcaster ARN Media’s claims of legal professional privilege over documents relating to a workplace investigation following her on-air clash with former co-host Kyle Sandilands, arguing the dominant purpose of the investigation was not to obtain legal advice.

FX Group Holdings has partly succeeded in its appeal of a finding that it owes private equity firm CPE Capital $96.89 million in a dispute over a profit-sharing agreement tied to the sale of CPE’s stake in trading platform Pepperstone.

a2 Milk Company is challenging a decision that found a Victorian farmer's preparatory steps to selling products under a 23-year-old trade mark incorporating the 'A2' symbol met the bar for establishing use of the mark.

Trial in a shareholder class action against water treatment firm Phoslock and auditor KPMG could be held as late as February 2028 after the plaintiffs flagged plans to tweak their case.

Property developer Casey Group is weighing a cross-claim against Rossdale Golf Club in response to proceedings launched by Interpac unit Brencorp, which alleges Casey devised an "underhand deal" to block its acquisition of the southeast Melbourne club.

a2 Milk Company has failed in its bid for removal of a Victorian farmer's trade mark, which includes the symbol 'A2', with IP Australia saying steps taken in preparation for selling products under the mark met the bar for use.

The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration wants to make submissions in a High Court challenge to an arbitration ruling in a dispute with Esso over Bass Strait hydrocarbon royalties.