A judge has dismissed HWL Ebsworth’s claims of a “fishing expedition” and granted discovery of a slew of internal documents relevant to allegations a partner at the law firm encouraged a company’s directors to unlawfully divert insurance proceeds to pay almost $150,000 in legal bills.
Vodafone and TPG will file a Federal Court challenge to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s opposition to their proposed $15 billion merger, teeing up the biggest merger challenge ever heard by the court.
The High Court has sided with Gina Rinehart in relation to a dispute with two of her children over billions of dollars in iron ore mining assets, saying the matter should be heard in arbitration.
Lawyers for a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts have won their hard-fought battle to question ex-employees about the casino giant’s thwarted business in China, with a judge ruling Wednesday there would likely be a “serious adverse effect” on the administration of justice if they weren’t free to give evidence ahead of trial.
Two Grocon units have successfully struck out portions of an affidavit by the general counsel of property management firm Dexus Property Group, claiming prejudice in a dispute over $43.2 million in allegedly unpaid debts.
Judgment is expected next week in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case against Pacific National alleging the rail company made an anti-competitive bid for Aurizon’s Acacia Ridge Terminal and intermodal freight business.
Israeli drug maker Teva has won its bid for communications between Germany-based Boehringer and capsule manufacturers to help prove its claim that a patent at the centre of a dispute over the top-selling inhaler Spiriva was invalid for obviousness.
Treasury Wine Estates has won a nearly $352,000 judgment against an Australian company for allegedly violating its trade marks by making and selling copycat Penfolds products in China and Australia.
Ratepayers in a class action against a Queensland city council calling for the recovery of an invalid levy on their land failed in their bid to summarily dismiss the council’s defence that the unreturned portion of the charges was spent for their benefit.
The consumer regulator wants a court to throw out Ultra Tune’s appeal of a $2.6 million penalty after the national car repair franchise filed its challenge more than a month late because its lawyers “miscalculated” the deadline.
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