A Federal Circuit Court judge who has been in the spotlight for his decisions has scolded a Perth law firm and barrister facing a sexual harassment case, after they sought to vacate the trial date due to counsel availability.
The director of a documentary about a US narcotics officer during the 1990s ‘war on drugs’ has won his copyright suit against the film’s producers, with a judge finding his moral rights under the Copyright Act were infringed by their failure to credit him as the director.
AMP super members are set to receive $60 million in a class action stemming from the banking royal commission, with the average payout being under $100, a judge has heard.
Mineral Resources has won a bid for more documents in its fight with the Pilbara Ports Authority over the validity of a channel charge, which it argues was imposed to cover amounts owed to Chevron for construction costs.
The Victorian planning minister has told the High Court that IGA can’t bring a lawsuit over a local council amendment allowing up to four supermarkets in the town of Shepparton, saying the case does raise a jurisdictional error.
A judge has refused an activist group’s bid for an injunction against the Hills Shire Council over its plans to build a rugby sports field on Fred Caterson Reserve.
The ACCC has narrowed the number of local sites in its sights as part of an assessment of Ampol’s $1.1 billion acquisition of EG Australia, but the “metropolitan-wide” effects of the merger in four major cities are under the microscope.
Sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investments Authority has sold the Novotel and Ibis hotels in Sydney’s Darling Harbour to Wentworth Capital for $390 million.
The University of Sydney is seeking to push back the trial date in its six-year-old case against Multiplex over alleged defects at the Charles Perkins Centre, alleging it has recently discovered new problems with the building.
Coles has told a court that its decision to change its discount policies was unsurprising during a period of significant inflation, denying claims by the ACCC that its ‘Down Down’ promotions were misleading.
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