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Qatar Airways wants High Court to limit liability for injury claims
Appeals 2025-08-22 11:46 pm By Sam Matthews

In a bid to snuff out the negligence claims in a recently revived case by passengers forced off a flight and strip searched at Doha airport, Qatar Airways has brought its own High Court challenge.

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Qatar Airways passengers file High Court challenge over strip searches
Appeals 2025-08-21 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Five passengers who were forced off a Qatar Airways flight and strip searched at Doha International Airport have taken their case to the High Court after a finding that Qatar’s aviation authority was immune from the suit. 

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High Court won’t hear Corporate Air appeal over payment for stand-by duty
Employment 2025-08-21 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Aviation company Corporate Air Charter has exhausted its avenues of appeal in a case over pay for pilots on stand-by duty.

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High Court’s PepsiCo ruling means Christmas came early for many multinationals
Analysis 2025-08-19 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

While multinational companies will welcome a recent High Court decision that let PepsiCo off the hook for royalty withholding tax and diverted profits tax, experts agree the decision won’t provide a carte blanche to skirt taxes.

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Climate change not mandatory consideration for Mount Pleasant extension, Mach tells High Court
Environment 2025-08-21 11:58 pm By Sam Matthews

Mach Energy has filed an application with the High Court seeking to overturn an activist group’s win in a case over the extension of the Mount Pleasant coal mine, arguing climate impacts were not a mandatory consideration for the approval.

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PepsiCo wins High Court fight with ATO over royalty withholding tax
Intellectual Property 2025-08-13 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

In a major loss for the Australian Taxation Office, a High Court majority has found an agreement between US soft drink giant PepsiCo and Schweppes Australia to sell brands such as Pepsi and Mountain Dew in Australia was not subject to a royalty withholding tax.

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Ex-MP Andrew Laming wins High Court challenge to Facebook post fines
High Court 2025-08-13 11:08 pm By Andy Sidler

The High Court has halved a $40,000 fine received by former Liberal MP Andrew Laming over three Facebook posts that breached electoral rules, finding the penalty should reflect the number of publications rather than the number of views. 

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Payday lender directors ask High Court to clarify accessorial liability
Appeals 2025-08-12 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The directors of payday lenders Cigno and BSF have filed for special leave to appeal a decision that found them liable for unlicensed credit activity, saying the case raises fundamental questions about the scope of accessorial liability.

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High Court to weigh reversal of exemplary damages for youth gassed in NT detention
Appeals 2025-08-12 11:02 pm By Andy Sidler

The High Court has agree to weigh in on whether an appeals court erred in overturning $200,000 in exemplary damages awarded to each of four children gassed at Don Dale detention centre in the Northern Territory. 

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Novartis’ last ditch bid to block Entresto generic fails
Intellectual Property 2025-08-11 11:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected Novartis’ plea that it overturn a ruling that found an extension of the term of the patent for its heart drug Entresto was invalidly granted.

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