Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy has lost a bid to stay an expert determination process in a royalties dispute with Adani, with a judge ruling that the court should not “lightly disregard” decisions to resolve disputes by expert determination rather than court-based litigation.
Honda has admitted to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s claims that it mislead the customers of two former authorised dealerships, but is seeking to avoid pecuniary penalties for the “accidental” misconduct.
Deloitte has won its bid to keep confidential documents away from the funder backing a consolidated shareholder class against food company Noumi which alleges the auditor was complicit in misleading the market.
A judge has slammed a $26 million penalty agreed to by Uber and the ACCC as “not within the range”, saying the impact of the rideshare giant’s misleading conduct appeared to be “trivial”.
An appeals court has found that a hopeful solicitor and self-described pornography addict is not suitable for admission to the roll, in light of several child exploitation convictions for possessing images and videos that “fell within the worst categories of such material.”
Another law firm is planning competition class actions against Apple and Google over their app stores, just over a month after Phi Finney McDonald filed group proceedings against the tech giants, setting up a beauty parade that adds a wrinkle to similar cases brought by Epic Games.
A judge has flagged the “regrettable” prospect of further litigation in relation the estate of Melbourne businessman Frank Cassar, following a finding that Cassar’s will was forged in a conspiracy by his widow, daughter and son who feared losing his multimillion-dollar business empire after his death.
IP Australia has rejected the patent application of Scandinavian dairy giant Arla Foods amba, finding its high-protein whey-based yoghurt invention lacked an inventive step.
A judge has ordered the lead applicants in an unfunded class action against the Southport-based issuer of Qoin to cough up $750,000 in security, despite hearing submissions that the costs order would kill the case.
Bill Papas’ business partner Vince Tesoriero has won the release of $1.25 million to pay for his legal fees in Westpac’s fraud case against him, despite a judge’s finding that disclosure concerning his true financial position was “less than ideal” and included “staggering” discrepancies.