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The High Court has granted special leave to farmers in a class action against Advanta Seeds over allegedly contaminated product to challenge a court's finding that a disclaimer nullified the company's duty to protect growers against economic loss.
Two former Dick Smith executives have settled with the receivers of the defunct electronics retailer, dropping a High Court appeal over an $11.8 million ruling.
A class action against a director of defunct financial services firm Hodgson Faraday is headed to the High Court after seven years of litigation, with the director appealing findings that he was involved in misleading South Korean investors.
A retired law firm partner has taken his battle with the ATO to the High Court, arguing he is not liable to be taxed on $182,000 in goodwill payments he received on exiting the firm's partnership in 2008.
A failed class action against Volkswagen over Takata airbags is seeking special leave from the High Court, arguing an appeals court was wrong to find a reasonable consumer would be comfortable with an airbag that posed a potential risk of rupture.
A former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner who claims he was sacked for complaining about Lendlease's attempts to avoid tax liability has asked the High Court to overrule a judgment finding recent changes to whistleblower protections do not apply retrospectively to cover his claims.
The High Court has agreed to take up a case by a liquidator for two related NSW printing companies that could settle the question of whether pooling orders are available for businesses with common right to sue.
The maker of Mother Energy drinks has failed to convince the High Court that it should weigh in on its long-running intellectual property spat with Vittoria Coffee, which ended in the removal of its 'Motherland' trade mark.
The High Court has granted defunct online educator Captain Cook College special leave to appeal a finding that it engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct by enrolling thousands of unsuitable students, who accrued $60 million in debt but never finished their courses.
Racing NSW CEO Peter V'landys AM has failed in his bid to have the High Court take up his challenge to an appeals court ruling that found an ABC report on the killing of racehorses was not defamatory despite not being high quality journalism.