Appeals

One Nation politician Pauline Hanson has lost her appeal of a ruling that found she breached the Racial Discrimination Act with a tweet that said Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan”.

The National Cancer Foundation has defeated a challenge to its Brown Nose Day trade mark used for bowel cancer fundraising, with the Full Court finding it is not deceptively similar to SIDS Kids’ Red Nose Day mark. 

Charlottes MacInnes has filed an appeal just one day after losing her case against Rebel Wilson that alleged Wilson made defamatory posts that “The Deb” star had retracted an harassment complaint. 

Challenging the first win for shareholders in a class action, logistics company Brambles says a trial judge erred in his findings on liability as well as loss.

Eminem has appealed the partial removal of two of his trade marks, in a dispute with retailer Swim Shady that's playing out across four countries.

Westwood Capital has lost its appeal over a contract to sell commercial property in Punchbowl for $100 million, after a judge found it was an uncommercial transaction and that Westwood had reasonable grounds to suspect the purchaser would become insolvent.

A law firm has prevailed in a fight over unpaid legal fees, with an appeals court ruling the firm is entitled to priority over certain funds recovered in a receivership of a South Stradbroke resort because of its equitable lien over costs orders it secured for its client.

Star’s former boss and chief legal officer have argued that a judge erred in finding they breached their directors’ duties by allegedly failing to inform the board of unacceptable money laundering risks in its Sydney casino. 

An appeals court has relaxed freezing orders against Sydney property developer Golden Rain, allowing it to sell property to repay its debts while it defends a $26 million defects claim by the owners corporation of the Sugarcube Apartments and Honeycomb Terraces developments.

Coles has asked a tribunal to clear its proposed acquisition of a leasehold interest in a supermarket and liquor store site in Kalgoorlie, arguing the ACCC's finding that it would substantially lessen competition was "not objectively correct".