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Air conditioning giant Seeley has won its bid to remove rival Infinair’s trade mark after an IP Australia delegate found the Chinese company had not sold any products under the name.
Thomson Geer lures tax partner from Clayton Utz
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Thomson Geer has snagged a Clayton Utz special counsel to bolster its tax practice.
Former PwC partner at centre of tax leaks scandal banned by ASIC
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PricewaterhouseCoopers’ former head of international tax Peter-John Collins has been banned by the corporate regulator from providing financial services for eight years.
Cantarella loses ‘Oro’ mark on Vittoria coffee in spat with Lavazza
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Vittoria’s Cantarella Bros has lost its long-running trade mark stoush with Italian rival Lavazza after a judge found the coffee manufacturer’s two registered ‘Oro’ marks should be cancelled because the word was previously used by another coffee supplier.
High Court to weigh in on reach of sovereign state immunity
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The High Court will consider an exception to the general immunity of foreign states for the first time, as it hears an appeal of a decision which found Indonesia’s national airline could avail itself of foreign state immunity to defeat a winding up application.
Akzo Nobel loses bid to transfer case worth ‘billions’ over Ichthys LNG project
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Dutch paint company Akzo Nobel has lost its bid to transfer a case over the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project to state court in Western Australia, with a judge finding the overlap with insurance-related proceedings in the state court was tolerable.
Barrister fees recoverable under workers’ comp rules, appeals court says
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An appeals court has found that barrister’s fees are not excluded as a recoverable outlay under worker’s compensation regulations.
Court rejects Tony Sage’s bid to uncover legal advice in tax audit
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A judge has rejected a bid by WA businessman and former Perth Glory owner Antony Sage to uncover external legal advice provided to the tax office in a dispute over an audit that went to the AAT, finding that reliance by the Tribunal on the material could endanger its independence.
ABC sued for defamation by Cairns lawyer over PNG fraud allegations
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Lawyer and Papua New Guinea citizen Samson Jubi has sued the ABC over stories he claims have “racist undertones” and accuse him of defrauding $117 million from a charity meant to benefit villagers after PNG’s largest mine disaster.
Group members to get $5.7M from ‘disappointing’ Deloitte class action settlement
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A judge has signed off on a $18.5 million settlement in a six-year-old shareholder class action against Deloitte over its audits of collapsed construction group Hastie, saying the amount might be “disappointing” to group members but reflected the risks of going to trial.