A Globaltech patent for mining survey tools is facing another test, with rival technology company Reflex Technologies lodging an appeal after its invalidity challenge flopped.
A judge has given a “judicial harrumph” to Sydney developer FKP Commercial Developments and Irish insurer Zurich Insurance in a dispute over coverage for an apartment defects suit, saying it was not for the court to “trawl” through an insurance policy to work out its meaning.
Law firm Moray & Agnew has reached an agreement with insurer Arch Underwriting in its case seeking coverage of part of a $3.7 million settlement with Melbourne property developer Harry Stamoulis.
A judge has given ASIC the green light to continue proceedings against a defunct funeral insurer which allegedly misled Aboriginal customers about being Indigenous-owned and claims that its products were specifically beneficial for First Nations people.
Technology company Reflex Instruments has lost its challenge to rival Globaltech’s patent for two mining survey tools, with a judge finding Reflex had not established the technology wasn’t novel and lacked an inventive step.
Jan Cameron, founder of Kathmandu and former director of baby food company Bellamy’s, has abandoned her lawsuit alleging a Caribbean Islands-based trust didn’t owe capital gains tax on the 2018 sale of 2.5 million Bellamy’s shares.
A judge has signed off on a $56.3 million settlement in a class action against wealth manager Colonial First State that will see Maurice Blackburn earn $14.5 million in costs, saying it was a good example of the class action regime in operation.
A judge has hit pause on the ATO’s application for summary judgment in proceedings launched by ex-Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron seeking declarations that a Carribean-based trust does not owe capital gains tax for selling shares in the baby food maker.
A former solicitor at the Victorian state revenue office who was dismissed after alleged sexual harassment and “scandalous staring” has won his appeal in a defamation case against the Victorian government, with the case being sent to a judge for trial.
A barrister for CEO and founder of Euro Pacific Bank Peter Schiff has raised concerns that Nine has filed an unlawful defence in a defamation case over a 60 Minutes episode accusing the bank boss of tax evasion and helping figures in organised crime.