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Unanimously dismissing an appeal by thoroughbred breeding and horseracing giant Godolphin, the High Court has ruled on the proper construction of a tax exemption for rural land in NSW.
Clive Palmer sues former ASIC chair James Shipton
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Litigation hobbyist Clive Palmer has filed proceedings against former Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair James Shipton, alleging he acted in bad faith and beyond his power in the regulator’s pursuit of claims against him.
eSafety Commissioner to drop court case against X over stabbing footage
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The online safety watchdog has dropped her Federal Court action seeking to force X to put a worldwide block on graphic footage of the April stabbing of a religious leader at Wakeley, following a judge’s decision not to maintain an injunction against the social media platform.
Pfizer calls out ‘impermissible fishing expedition’ in fight over Enbrel biosimilar
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Drug giant Pfizer has blasted Samsung Bioepis’ “fishing expedition” in its suit alleging infringement of the patent for its blockbuster arthritis drug Enbrel, telling the court the Korean biotech should not be allowed to dig for new grounds of invalidity.
Crypto provider spared penalty in ASIC case because it took advice from leading law firm
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A judge has excused cryptocurrency product provider Block Earner from paying a penalty in a case brought by ASIC, despite finding it provided a financial product without a licence, because it obtained legal advice and genuinely believed it was not breaching the law.
Judge penalises National Gallery contractor $1.5M in ACCC bid-rigging case
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Industrial technology company Delta Building Automation has been hit with a $1.5 million penalty after it was found liable for attempting to rig a bid for construction work on the National Gallery of Australia, a penalty five times the sum it asked the court to impose.
Latitude defeats customer’s $1M lawsuit over data breach
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A judge has thrown out a self-represented customer’s lawsuit against non-bank lender Latitude Financial after he defaulted on court orders and refused to join tech giants DXC Technology and Crowdstrike to his case over a cyberattack that compromised 14 million customer records.
In first, cafe franchisor 85 Degrees hit with $1.44M penalty for franchisee’s underpayments
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A judge has ordered Sydney coffee shop chain 85 Degrees to pay a $1.44 million penalty for underpayments by its franchisees, saying it cannot be seen as acceptable for franchisors to “turn a blind eye” to contraventions by franchisees.
Santos socked with $2.75M penalty for record-keeping failures
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The Australian Energy Regulator has secured a $2.75 million penalty in a case against oil and gas company Santos alleging record-keeping failures in breach of the National Gas Rules.
Mt Arthur Coal, Chandler Macleod to face suit over 150 instances of alleged bullying
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A judge has allowed a coal mine truck driver to bring claims as much as five years out of time against Mt Arthur Coal and Chandler Macleod over alleged bullying by a colleague, finding the delay in bringing the case was justified by a period of disability which left the worker “severely impaired in her capacity to pursue any litigation”.