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A director can't escape an oral examination by the liquidator of collapsed construction company Symich Building on medical grounds, with a judge saying the doctor who certified her as unfit seemed to misunderstand that examinations are “adversarial in nature”.
The founders of rock band Australian Crawl have taken their former drummer to court, alleging he registered the band's trade marks without consulting them.
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After a win in their spat over the sale of Brazil's Santa Rita nickel mine, two Australian companies who held all shares in the mine's owner, Atlantic Nickel, may seek costs against Omni Bridgeway and Balance REV, the litigation funders of the loser in the case.
Medibank has criticised a judge’s finding that legal professional privilege did not attach to a Deloitte report commissioned in the wake of a massive data breach, arguing she came to an “illogical” conclusion.
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A class action by property owners near a GrainCorp factory in rural Victoria has defeated the company's bid for security for costs, with a judge finding the orders would stultify the proceedings.
The applicant in a class action against Optus over a 2022 data breach has flagged a fight over the telco giant’s bid to suppress the pleadings in the case, saying group members are entitled to know the case brought on their behalf.
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Liquidators for defunct residential builder Modco have defeated a summary dismissal bid in a case over unfair preference payments but have been ordered to pay indemnity costs after 10 months passed without them taking a step in the proceeding.
The competition regulator has launched an investigation into allegations of possible anti-competitive conduct by four major fuel suppliers amid upheaval in global oil markets arising from the war in Iran.
A class action by Sydney Trains’ operations staff, which settled for up to $7.6 million in January, will head back to the negotiating table after the registration of some 260 new group members pushed the settlement above the agreed cap.
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility has appealed the dismissal of its greenwashing case alleging Santos misled investors by falsely representing that it had a plausible path to net zero by 2040.