Appeals

Airport operator APAC says a default notice sent to Dexus over confidentiality breaches is at least valid against shareholders that initiated a botched sales process, hedging its bets in an appeal of a ruling that forces a sale of the asset manager's entire stake.

An appeals court has granted a builder's appeal in a dispute over payments for work on the Seasons of Perth hotel, finding the strict one-day deadline for serving an adjudication review application under Western Australia's Security of Payment Act is a jurisdictional requirement. 

The owner of a proposed shopping centre development in Melton is appealing a Victorian Supreme Court order that it return $1.5 million to a defunct developer that allegedly breached a $30 million land sale contract.

The former CEO and chief legal officer of Star Entertainment are challenging a judge's orders that they pay a combined $1.1 million for failures in connection with anti-money laundering compliance.

Qube has filed proceedings in the Federal Court after a Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission tossed its appeal of a ruling ordering it to reinstate a worker who showed his co-workers a picture of two female colleagues in bikinis.

ThinkPad maker Lenovo has launched an appeal against an IP Australia decision that US-based Boston Limited’s ‘Thinkmate’ trade mark did not step on the Chinese computer company's brand.

A group of Gold Coast residents has asked the High Court to overturn the approval of a nine-story luxury residential development, arguing the court failed to consider the 'reasonable amenity expectations' of neighbouring residents before allowing the building to exceed local height limits.

Asset Energy is appealing a decision which rejected its challenge to the Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority'a decision not to extend the permit for its PEP11 gas exploration project off the Hunter coast in NSW.

The applicants in a class action against Transport for NSW over the construction of the Sydney CBD light rail have lost their appeal of a ruling that ordered the government to pay just 65 per cent of their trial costs, which they claim amounts to a $5.4 million reduction.

Dexus' decision to resist an undertaking as part of a deal to temporarily block the compulsory sale of its shares in airport operator APAC has been criticised by a judge for resulting in an "appalling waste" of time and money.