ASIC is seeking approval from the High Court to appeal a judgment that let a former director of Gold Coast finance company MFS Group partially off the hook for $147.5 million in misappropriated funds, saying the High Court needs to clarify the scope of the word “officer” under the Corporations Act.
The ACCC can continue its case against failed Aboriginal art wholesaler Birubi Art, which went into liquidation after the court found it violated the Australian Consumer Law by selling fake Aboriginal goods.
Spotless Services violated the Fair Work Act by failing to pay redundancy for workers employed at Perth International Airport, a court has found, in a ruling that clarifies when employers are on the hook for redundancy payments.
Home builder Carlisle Homes has agreed to settle its lawsuit against home builder Resimax after its rival agreed to stop selling residential home plans that allegedly infringe Carlisle’s copyright-protected home designs.
National Australia Bank has rejected a class action’s claims that it pushed worthless credit card insurance onto its customers, saying it was up to the customers to determine the true value of the coverage.
The cracks that led to the evacuation of Sydney’s Opal Tower and threats of litigation have been blamed on design and construction issues, but the building is structurally sound and not in danger of collapse, according to an interim report commissioned by the NSW Government.
Australia’s building watchdog has taken the CFMMEU to court after one of its officials allegedly called a health and safety officer a “f****ing dog” during a site visit to the Cairns Performing Arts Centre last year.
The ACCC does not need to prove Volkswagen knew about the diesel emissions software at the heart of its action against the car giant — that’s just a factor that will magnify penalties in the case, the regulator has told a court.
The Australian distributor of Atomic coffee machines has lost a Federal Court appeal of an IP Australia decision allowing the registration of the Atomic trade mark by a South Perth cafe, with a judge slamming her evidence on the stand as untruthful.
Tech giant Apple can move forward with its plans to register the “HealthKit” trade mark for its popular health and fitness tracking app after resolving a dispute with an Australian startup over the mark.
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