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.
Ultra Tune’s excuse for missing appeal deadline doesn’t wash, ACCC tells court
East Timor can’t duck $328M fuel supply dispute with Lighthouse Corporation
The Democratic Republic of East Timor has lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by oil and gas firm Lighthouse Corporation over $328 million in alleged losses stemming from a failed fuel supply agreement, with a judge finding the court has jurisdiction to hear the case after an ICSID panel declined to arbitrate the dispute.
Landlords lose multi-million dollar appeal over Myer’s Chadstone Shopping Centre lease
ASIC has no ace in case over Australian Open broadcast rights, ex-Tennis Australia head says
Judge who ruled for Geoffrey Rush was biased, Daily Telegraph says in appeal
Deloitte grilled after claiming partners have no right to access files from litigation room
Lawyers for Deloitte were questioned by an appeals court Monday after arguing that the accounting giant’s partners had no access to the firm’s files, stored in a locked “litigation room”, and no power to hand them over to comply with discovery orders in a shareholder class action over the collapse of client Hastie Group.
Oil spill class action trial delayed by expert evidence filed ‘without leave, without notice’
Westpac slams ASIC for ’19th century approach’ to home loans
Banking giant Westpac has criticised the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s old fashioned approach to home loan serviceability, saying its own complex system is more efficient and would “pass muster” in the face of the regulator’s allegations that it breached responsible lending laws.
Police officer who blew the whistle on blowjob not entitled to protection, court says
A former Queensland police officer who reported a fellow officer to a disciplinary tribunal for misconduct after he was seen receiving oral sex from another officer in a police car is not entitled to whistleblower protection because the complaint was not a public interest disclosure, a court has found.