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Willis Australia has won an appeal against its landlord, AMP Capital, with a court ruling the insurance broker is entitled to withdraw notice it gave in December 2019 to renew its office lease.
Google must produce details of email sender to disendorsed Labor candidate
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A court has ordered Google to provide former Victorian Labor candidate Nurul Khan with account information and IP addresses relating to an anonymous email sent to the ALP last November, which led to his disendorsement by the party just two weeks before the state election.
Sparke Helmore picks up partner from Holding Redlich
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Sparke Helmore has recruited a Brisbane-based partner from Holding Redlich with corporate and dispute resolution experience.
Lawyer says reconvening Robodebt class action right way to compensate victims
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A lawyer behind a settled class action against the previous government’s Robodebt disaster has called for the case to be reconvened in the wake of a report that blasted the “crude and cruel” scheme, as Government Service Minister Bill Shorten suggests victims could sue individual Coalition ministers.
Judge slams AUSTRAC’s ‘misleading’ $450M penalty deal with Crown
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A proposed interest-free payment plan for a $450 million penalty agreed to between Crown Resorts and AUSTRAC has been questioned by a judge, who said it would have “the Commonwealth of Australia act as the Crown’s banker” for two years.
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart can’t fight use of arbitration docs as trial in family feud begins
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Hancock Prospecting can’t challenge an order that documents produced in arbitration are fair game, as the mining company’s chief, Gina Rinehart, battles her children in a trial over ownership of a valuable tenement set to start Monday.
Solicitor loses argument that costs assessors can’t get do-over
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A Sydney solicitor has lost a 10-year-old dispute with a former client over fees, after unsuccessfully claiming a cost assessor’s conduct in issuing multiple preliminary cost certificates ran afoul of the Legal Profession Act.
Hytera appeals ruling it stole Motorola’s code, copied computer programs
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Chinese radio manufacturer Hytera has launched an appeal of a ruling that it misappropriated the source code of US mobile phone giant Motorola in a case of “substantial industrial theft”.
Care A2 loses bid for freezing order in case against Sports Flick exec
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Infant formula maker Care A2 Plus has lost a bid for a freezing order against the former chief financial officer of Sports Flick as it appeals a finding she had no involvement in a fellow executive’s “deceitful” scheme over a $5 million World Cup streaming deal.
Monster Energy says patent for branded pull tabs invention not valid
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Monster Energy has hit back at an inventor’s claim it infringed his intellectual property by using his method for laser-etched branded pull tabs on cans, saying the invention is obvious.