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The Full Court has tossed a former Neometals employee's appeal of his failed whistleblower case, finding the company did not believe he had made a protected disclosure when making him redundant despite the company conceding that the was "somebody who frequently raised issues".

ANZ's New Zealand unit says it may be on the hook for $102.5 million (NZ$125 million) after losing a class action alleging it failed to repay fees and interest wrongly charged to customers who took out home or personal loans.

Two Sydney University academics facing discrimination suits over alleged antisemitic statements have argued proposed amendments risk blowing up the cases into "another royal commission".

Pharmacor has accused AstraZeneca of launching a royal commission into emails with its lawyers as AstraZeneca opposes the generic drug maker's bid to amend its pleading in a patent case over diabetes drug Forxiga.

Two former directors of food supplier PMFresh can't withdraw admissions in a case alleging they used company funds for personal benefit, despite a related police investigation.

Mastercard's Australia boss was anxious to sign a deal with Woolworths on payments processing after learning that Coles had chosen to route all debit transactions through the cheaper EFTPOS network, a court has heard.

A court has given Planet Ark Power lender Marketlend the green light to seize eight CATL batteries worth $2 million from the defunct Queensland renewable energy company.

An employment class action against McDonald's and its franchisees has won a last-minute bid to file evidence by three new witnesses after a key witness withdrew from the case.

A judge has ruled that lender Monland can recover a $39 million debt against the director of a property developer whose Hawthorn project encountered “severe difficulties”.

Deakin University has won an injunction barring a former professor from running his research business as 'Blue Carbon Lab', finding the university owns the associated trade marks.