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The Commonwealth has hit back at a class action’s appeal over the government's 2011 live exports ban, denying that it lied to an Indonesian minister about the ban.
A class action over the government’s live exports ban is appealing a finding that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia absent the prohibition, saying the judge failed to fully appreciate the “unheralded” ban.
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The High Court has declined to weigh in on a dispute between the tax office and Canberra developer Geocon over excess GST on $115 million in sales from a 360-unit development.
HWL Ebsworth might rely on expert evidence to show it acted reasonably in its representation of the Commonwealth in a $2.45 million settlement with Brittany Higgins, a deal at the centre of a suit by ex-defence minister Linda Reynolds.
In the latest chapter of a bitter feud between NSW Director of Public Prosecutions and District Court Judge Penelope Wass, the state's Court of Appeal has found parliamentary privilege doesn't bar the top prosecutor from launching a recusal bid in a criminal trial.
A judge has ordered Mobil Oil to pay an agreed penalty of $16 million for running ads in far north Queensland over a period of four years falsely claiming that it was supplying a specific brand of fuel with added benefits.
Women who donated eggs to their same-sex partners have been removed from a class action that claims women and lesbian couples were unlawfully denied Medicare rebates for IVF.
Former senator Linda Reynolds' decision to accept the Commonwealth's help in picking up her legal tab in litigation by staffer Brittany Higgins came with the condition that the government might take control of her defence, a court has been told.
Aristocrat has fended off the Commissioner of Patents' challenge to a finding that its Lightning Link poker machine is capable of being patented, with the High Court declining to weigh in on the patent for a second time.
The judge overseeing the Fair Work Ombudsman’s case against Rebel Sport owner Super Retail Group won't push off the trial to 2027 to accommodate the regulator's silk, saying further delay “should not be tolerated".