Appeals

Hilton has filed an appeal after losing a challenge to a $173 million tax adjustment from the 2015 sale of the Sydney Hilton Hotel.

A judge at the forefront of early case law on contingency fees in Victoria Supreme Court class actions has been appointed to the state's Court of Appeal.

China-based Hytera Communications wants the High Court to overturn a finding that it stole Motorola's source code for its digital mobile radios, arguing the appeal raises important issues about how "substantial part" should be assessed under the Copyright Act.

The liquidators of GFG Alliance's Tahmoor Coal have lost their appeal of a decision over a royalties deed in favour of former owner Glencore.

A judge has sided with Melbourne's Whittlesea City Council in its challenge to a Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal decision that found it couldn't charge AV Jennings fees for landscape plans.

Wood pellets manufacturer Resources Australasia has largely won the second of two appeals in a lease dispute with Tasmanian Ports, which centred on the assessment of damages.

A trade mark dispute between US singer Katy Perry and an Australian fashion designer is back in court for a fight on damages and injunctions, after the designer secured a win before the High Court in March.

The Queensland Court of Appeal has thrown out a case by a local cricket club that sought to challenge a regional council's decision over a park lease, a case it said was a lesson in the perils of using AI instead of lawyers.

An appeals court has tossed Maurice Blackburn’s challenge to a judge’s decision to cut its share of an $87 million settlement in a class action against Hino by $10 million.

The Full Federal Court has rejected an appeal by the applicant in a class action on behalf of post graduate students who claims he was underpaid by the University of Sydney.