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Gas giants Esso and Woodside have won their bid to stay a court case related to a project for extracting hydrocarbons in the Bass Strait, with a judge finding the court should apply a 'light touch' when interpreting arbitration agreements.
Two discrimination class actions against Queensland over the removal of Indigenous children from their homes can amend their cases to address the state's complaint that they fail to link the removals with the plaintiffs' race.
Greensill has a "clear case" for recusal of a judge poised to hear cases over its $1.7 billion collapse, who previously acted as senior counsel for insurer Marsh in a satellite dispute.
A finding that Noumi's production of a PwC report to ASIC didn't constitute waiver of privilege provides clarity that voluntary disclosure agreements can protect confidential information, but care must still be taken, lawyers say.
The Full Court has poured cold water on Vittoria Cantarella's hopes of reviving its ‘Oro’ trade marks, finding a judge did not err in concluding the marks were already used by another coffee maker.
Cheese company Bega has landed itself in court over concerns Fonterra's divestment of its Australian dairy business will infringe on a longstanding trade mark licence.
BHP and mining equipment company Epiroc Australia have resolved a lawsuit by Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources over a patent for an autonomous drilling system.
Risk advisory expert Doug Nixon has joined Clayton Utz as a partner after 20 years at Ernst & Young.
A court has signed off on a $2.4 million settlement in a class action against Carnival over a seven-day South Pacific voyage that sailed into a Category 5 cyclone.
Trial in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance has been delayed as Maurice Blackburn works to secure a NAB bank guarantee to satisfy a $1.7 million security for costs order.