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Resort not vicariously liable for actions of urinating employee, High Court says
The High Court has found a Whitsundays resort is not vicariously liable for the actions of an employee who urinated on his roommate in staff accommodation after a night of drinking, finding the act had "no real connection" to his employment.
Viterra goes to High Court in epic fight with Cargill over Joe White sale
Glencore-owned Viterra has taken its 10-year fight with Cargill to the High Court after an appeals court upheld a judgment putting it on the hook for almost $300 million in damages for misleading representations in the sale of malt producer Joe White in 2013.
Arrium lenders file High Court challenge over directors’ loan drawdowns
Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of Arrium have filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court after losing their latest bid to make two directors liable for allegedly misleading them about loan drawdown notices ahead of the steel company's $2.8 billion collapse. 
BHP unit brings High Court challenge over Christmas Day work
BHP in-house labour hire provider Operations Services has filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court a finding that it unlawfully required its coal miners to work on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
High Court tosses Russia’s bid to halt embassy eviction
The High Court has dismissed Russia’s application for an injunction blocking the eviction of Moscow's embassy from Canberra.
Russia brings High Court challenge to embassy lease cancellation
The Russian Federation has taken its fight with the federal government over its plans to build a new embassy in Canberra to the High Court.
Developer says Full Court ‘plainly wrong’ in tossing ACCC’s case against NSW Ports
A New South Wales developer will mount a challenge to a Full Court decision that tossed the ACCC’s competition case against NSW Ports over an agreement to privatise two ports, arguing the majority ruling was “plainly wrong”.
High Court won’t hear broker’s case over 2014 ban for second time
The High Court has rejected an appeal by a mortgage broker in a saga stretching back a decade, when the corporate regulator imposed a lifelong ban against the broker for failing to disclose a conviction on his credit licence application.
Council’s GST payments not unconstitutional tax, High Court says
Notional GST payments by local councils under an intergovernmental agreement with the Commonwealth are a voluntary act, not an impermissible tax in breach of the Constitution, the High Court has ruled.
Spain to revive immunity claims in latest suits to enforce $166.7M arbitration awards
Spain has foreshadowed a fresh High Court challenge claiming it is immune from proceedings brought by a renewable energy company and a Deutsche Bank subsidiary to enforce arbitration awards totalling $166.7 million related to changes to its renewable energy policies.