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The builder of an allegedly defective Haymarket apartment building has lost an appeal of a decision which found that separate breaches of statutory building warranties do not create individual causes of action.
A judge has refused Nine’s bid to file a defence which he found was replete with unsupported allegations against Euro Pacific Bank boss Peter Schiff, but has given the broadcaster another chance to argue that defamatory allegations it made against Schiff in a 60 Minutes episode were true.
Fund manager Pendal Group has fended off calls to produce documents two months out from trial in a case by a portfolio manager who alleges he was threatened with termination while on stress leave, and later made redundant.
The authorised representative of forex broker Union Standard can't exclude parts of an opinion by an ASIC-appointed expert in a case alleging it traded in margin products with Chinese clients despite knowing it was illegal under Chinese law.
A sex discrimination case by the only female partner at global tech research company Information Services Group has been discontinued after a judge panned the "ludicrous" number of witnesses expected to give evidence.
Car electronics company Directed Electronics has challenged a ruling that partially dismissed its case over the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets by a former manager, who was found to have pocketed $3.6 million in commissions through a secret agreement with rival Hanhwa.
Construction firm CIMIC has won its bid to view identifying information about institutional investors in a shareholder class action, despite the applicant's claims it could deter group members from signing on to the case.
The farmers leading a class action against Advanta Seeds over contaminated product has brought their case to the High Court, challenging an appeals court's holding that a disclaimer nullified the company's duty to protect growers against economic loss.
As trial in family feud nears, Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting rebuked for contributing to delay
A judge has granted a discovery bid by two of Gina Rinehart's children as a long-running fight over ownership of a valuable mining tenement nears trial, and has rejected her company's argument that they were solely responsible for dragging out a dispute over documents.
Award-wining architecture firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall and its former boss have agreed to pay a combined $975,000 in penalties for attempting to rig bids on a $250 million building project at Charles Darwin University.