A class action over the government’s live exports ban is appealing a finding that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia absent the prohibition, saying the judge failed to fully appreciate the “unheralded” ban.
The ACCC has convened an emergency meeting of fuel companies, warning them against engaging in collusive conduct amid disruptions in the oil markets caused by military operations in the Middle East.
A judge has warned barristers against taking an aggressive, confrontational approach to cross-examination, saying there is “very little to be gained” from such questioning.
Wotton Kearney has bolstered its health practice with the appointment of former Makinson D’Apice partner Eliza Faulk and her team of six.
Victoria will pay $125 million in a settement finalised on Monday in a class action over the state’s COVID-19 hotel quarantine program.
The Australian arm of Canadian court services company VIQ Solutions, which provides transcription services to the Federal Court, has entered voluntary administration.
A judge has encouraged singer Guy Sebastian to resolve his long-running case against his former manager Titus Day, saying the parties should “move on in life”.
A court has ordered Macquarie Securities to pay an agreed $35 million penalty after finding that “serious deficiencies” in its reporting systems resulted in repeated failures to accurately report short sales.
The High Court will hear a case centred on the ‘honest claim of right’ defence for property offences, after an appeals court handed a win to an Indigenous man who cleared native vegetation on government-owned land.
In a loss for builder Ventura Home Group, a Western Australia tribunal has found the state’s building commissioner can issue a remedy order over the installation of alleged faulty pipes at a residential property.
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