Myer and its law firm Clayton Utz have won a ruling from the Supreme Court of Victoria ordering the department store’s landlords at Chadstone Shopping Centre to pay its full legal bill after it won a multi-million dollar dispute over the terms of their lease.
Airport workers protested Friday as the Federal Court prepared to hear arguments in a case over whether staff can be made to work split shifts.
Vodafone has been hit with a class action in the US alleging it failed to inform shareholders that it violated Australian law by selling pre-paid mobile phones without first verifying customers’ identities.
A Federal Court judge in Melbourne has slapped Australia and New Zealand Banking Group with a $5 million fine for failing to properly vet customers’ financial backgrounds when providing car loans.
A new bill that will crack down on predatory credit card lending practices sailed through Parliament on Thursday, the first reforms to pass in the wake of a Senate inquiry into the credit card market.
The Australian Patent Office wants the Federal Court to uphold its decision refusing an application by marketing technology start-up Rokt for a patent covering its online advertising system, offering fresh justification.
The Royal Bank of Scotland has reached a settlement in a consumer protection class action on the eve of trial in the Federal Court.
Australian consumers will soon be able to lodge grievances with a new body for resolving complaints with financial institutions.
In the first criminal prosecution of its kind against an Australian corporation, prosecutors on Thursday charged a Victorian health care company and its managing director over an alleged wheelchair cartel.
Courts can stop union officials from seeking union cover to avoid paying court-issued fines for breaking the Fair Work Act, the High Court said Wednesday.
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