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The High Court has agreed to weigh in on the genuine redundancy exclusion under unfair dismissal laws, taking up an appeal of a Federal Court ruling that found employers must first consider redeployment.
A leading industrial and employment firm has mounted a High Court challenge to the CFMEU administration on behalf of two of the union’s former leaders, who argue the legislation that facilitated the administration was unconstitutional.
A judge has allowed Aristocrat to appeal a judge's rejection of its application to patent its Lightning Link poker machine, citing novel questions raised by an equally split High Court decision about the patentability of its invention.
The High Court has been asked to weigh in on whether the Federal Court’s prevailing approach to the disclosure requirements of the Patents Act “imposes too great a burden" on patent applicants.
The High Court has rejected an appeal by Captain Cook College of a finding that it engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct by enrolling thousands of unsuitable students, finding courts are not constrained by factors the consumer law says it "may consider" in deciding if conduct rises to the level of unconscionability.
The High Court has rejected an appeal from a joint venture that provided work on Chevron's Gorgon liquified natural gas project that argued the Western Australia appeals court lacked power to uphold a ruling that set aside an arbitration ruling in a $130 million dispute over the project.
The tax office has asked the High Court to overturn a decision which found that payments made by Asahi Breweries-owned Schweppes to PepsiCo under agreements to sell brands such as Pepsi and Mountain Dew in Australia were not subject to a royalty withholding tax.
The High Court has issued a ruling that significantly alters the playing field in domestic commercial arbitration, finding that proportionate liability defences can apply despite limitations on claimants joining third parties to disputes.