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Three media companies have been granted special leave by the High Court to challenge a finding that they could be held liable for allegedly defamatory remarks left under news articles they posted on Facebook.
The director of a defunct HR company has lost his bid to avoid paying a $384,000 tax bill after hundreds of thousands of dollars were sent to the tax office via the wrong EFT number and used to repay other debts the company owed.
Media outlets facing liability for allegedly defamatory remarks left under news articles they posted on Facebook are taking their case to the High Court, after a court of appeal found the companies were publishers of the third-party comments.
Australian media outlets are facing liability for defamatory remarks left under news articles they posted on Facebook, after a court of appeal found that the companies are publishers of the third-party comments.
A former solicitor with McCabe Curwood has lost his attempt to overturn an order that he pay $36,000 in costs to his former employer, after an appeals court found that his challenge was "incompetent".
A NSW council has agreed to fork over $16 million to settle a class action over a 2009 rubbish tip fire, after the High Court declined to hear the council's challenge to a ruling that found it was responsible for the damage caused by the fire.
A Sydney-based childcare centre that sent an allegedly defamatory email to 35 people has won its appeal of a $238,000 damages award, with an appeals court calling the figure "manifestly excessive" and questioning the "fundamental approach to damages" in defamation cases in NSW.
The High Court has cleared the way for victims of a rubbish tip fire that tore through 17,000 acres of farmland in the NSW Riverina to claim more than $20 million in damages in a class action, after rejecting an appeal bid by the local council.
The Commonwealth of Australia is preparing a special leave application to the High Court challenging a NSW Court of Appeal decision reviving a class action brought on behalf of sailors over an allegedly broken Navy training promise.
An appeals court has overturned a decision dismissing a class action on behalf of enlisted Navy sailors alleging the Commonwealth of Australian breached a contract to train them to earn engineering degrees.