A judge has rejected a bid by the administrator of a collapsed company to claw back a payment of security for costs made in earlier litigation, which he found did not give rise to a relevant security interest.
A judge has ruled insurer Vero can be added to a class action over allegedly combustible cladding, finding removal of the cladding could be considered “property damage” under the wording of an insurance contract with cladding manufacturer Fairview.
A judge has upheld findings from IP Australia that South Korean biotech ToolGen’s genome editing technology CRISPR is not patentable, but given the company one more chance to seek to amend its application.
A union representing 54 junior doctors alleging they were systemically underpaid has defeated a bid by NSW Health to stay its case until the determination of a related class action on behalf of tens of thousands of medical officers.
A judge has warned the NSW government that the court does not make orders “subject to [its] internal policies” after the state failed to comply with orders to hand over documents in a class action over police strip searches.
Ferroglobe has claimed a Queensland technology company used its confidential information in new patent applications, as the global specialty metals producer races to protect its IP before the applications are published.
A judge has found the state of NSW liable to compensate the lead plaintiffs in a class action brought on behalf of small businesses over the “substantial and unreasonable” interference caused by the construction of Sydney’s $3 billion light rail network, but he flagged “significant problems” in applying his findings to thousands of potential group members.
An upcoming trial in a long-running legal stoush between a patent lawyer and the inventor of a energy efficient surf machine over the rights to the invention has been vacated after a judge found the company the rights were assigned to has not provided satisfactory discovery.
HWL Ebsworth has admitted it gave a client negligent advice over property in Paramatta’s ‘Auto Alley’ but said the owner’s alleged $3.5 million loss was not caused by the law firm’s mis-step in a transaction with companies linked to the defunct Dyldam Developments.
A Chinese businessman behind the Latitude indoor trampoline park chain has failed in a lawsuit against his Australian co-investor, after claiming a share sale agreement between the two was breached when his partner decided to sell the business to competitor Bounce.