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Insurer on hook for breast implant class action costs after High Court snub
High Court 2022-11-18 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Avant Insurance has lost its bid to challenge a ruling which put it on the hook for indemnifying a plastic surgeon in class action proceedings […]

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High Court to weigh in on penalties for foreign bribery violations
High Court 2022-11-17 11:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to hear prosecutors’ appeal of a “manifestly inadequate” $1.35 million penalty against an engineering firm for bribing foreign officials in […]

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Blue Star Helium’s former CEO stuck with ban after High Court rejects appeal
Appeals 2022-11-17 9:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has turned down the appeal of the former Blue Star Helium CEO who was hit with a $40,000 penalty and four-year ban […]

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High Court to hear Zurich appeal over NZ apartment class action
High Court 2022-11-11 5:16 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has granted special leave to Irish insurer Zurich to challenge a decision allowing a class action over an allegedly defective New Zealand […]

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End of the road for AI inventions, as High Court rejects patent appeal
Intellectual Property 2022-11-11 6:49 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court will not wade into the global debate over whether artificial intelligence inventions should receive patent protection, letting stand a Full Court judgment […]

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High Court won’t hear Gatto bid to revive defamation case against ABC
Defamation 2022-11-11 7:23 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected a special leave application by underworld figure Mick Gatto seeking to revive defamation claims against the ABC over an article which […]

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High Court rejects Worley’s plea to weigh in on disclosure test in shareholder class actions
Class Actions 2022-10-21 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

In a boost to shareholder class actions, the High Court has dismissed an application by engineering services firm Worley to appeal a finding that companies […]

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High Court won’t hear appeal in spat with law firm over $24.5M Melbourne development
Legal Ethics 2022-10-20 10:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined special leave to a former Rigby Cooke client who unsuccessfully challenged the law firm’s win in a dispute over a […]

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High Court hears case that could upend insolvency law at critical moment
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-10-19 4:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insolvency practitioners are holding their breath as the High Court hears a case that could abolish a key rule used by liquidators in recouping payments […]

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High Court won’t hear appeals in COVID-19 business interruption test cases
Insurance 2022-10-14 5:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court’s “radical” approach in the treatment of JobKeeper payments won’t be scrutinised by the High Court, which on Friday declined to hear an […]

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