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A judge has handed a win to a builder in a dispute with an RSL club, finding that even if an adjudicator wrongly construed a provision of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act, his decision could still stand.
The IP rights holder of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings franchises has appealed its loss in a trade mark battle with vegan burger chain Lord of the Fries.
The NT government says a class action by the family of an Indigenous woman who died at a COVID-19 quarantine facility had no business in the Federal Court.
A judge overseeing the settement approval process in a flex commissions class action against ANZ has issued a warning to third parties “seeking to profit” off group members, as a claim aggregator appears on the scene.
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Lawyers for a former partner of tax advisory firm Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills will cease to act for him in his case alleging he was sacked for complaining about client Lendlease’s “aggressive taxation position”.
Clothing brand Jeanswest will close more than 90 stores across the country after being placed in voluntary administration for the second time in five years.
Mid-trial amendments to a class action over Victoria Police use of pepper spray on environmental protesters in 2019 claim officers deployed the spray knowing and intending that it would harm the activists.
The peak body for community legal centres argues a case over alleged cookie cutter legal advice should be stripped of class action status, citing a recent judgment in a case against a Victorian law firm, but a judge noted there may be significant differences.
The former director of a private equity firm has been allowed to advance a claim that she was unlawfully booted from the company, after a judge described communication about her firing as "unhelpfully vague".