The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a prefab home builder that was hit with $500,000 in damages for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct by convincing a couple to vary their contract to allow the use of cladding they had previously rejected.
Danish company Vestesen Hybrid Energy has taken Zenith Energy to court for allegedly infringing its patented system for operating an electrical grid where energy is generated by a fluctuating renewable energy source.
A silk representing the Parramatta Eels has told a court that a lawyer for rugby player Zac Lomax told the club three National Rugby League clubs were interested in adding him to their 2026 lineup.
A tribunal has halved an eight-year ban imposed on a former manager of over-the-counter derivatives provider Trade360, accepting that he did not have actual knowledge of the company’s contraventions.
A court has found that Perth home builder Broadway Homes sacked an employee the day after it was notified he was suing over unresolved underpayment issues.
A Sydney barrister has taken a law firm to court, alleging it owes him $1 million in unpaid fees for his work on almost 40 cases. But the firm argues the fee agreements are void.
Offering his tips on judgment writing, a Federal Court judge has advised his peers to structure a decision around the issues at the heart of the case and “abandon the shopping list”.
The High Court has agreed to weigh in on a case that argues Bitcoin is not property capable of being possessed.
A group of former Brighton Secondary College students have launched a representative proceeding against the State of Victoria and the school’s former principal for his failure to address a “high level” of antisemitic bullying.
Four group members have resolved their challenges to settlement payouts in a franchisee class action against 7-Eleven, and a judge has accepted he need not review the confidential deals.
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