“Embarrassing” is how Woolworths has described the ACCC’s claim that its line of environmentally-friendly disposable dishes doesn’t biodegrade in a reasonable amount of time.
MyBudget has exploited tens of thousands of customers already in financial difficulty and owes them interest on money they entrusted to the debt management company, the federal Court heard at the end of a two-day class action hearing Thursday.
A judge on Wednesday issued his reasons for refusing a bid by a former Norton Rose Fulbright lawyer to move scheduled mediation of the case out of Sydney, and he didn’t pull any punches.
Qantas has successfully defended against a challenge to its bid to trade mark the term “Qantas Assure”, with the Registrar of Trade marks saying the inclusion of the notorious Qantas mark in the term made consumer confusion unlikely.
Bunnings Properties Pty Ltd has defeated a challenge brought by the Ku-ring-gai Council to its plans for development at the site of the former 3M building in a Sydney suburb.
Fairfax Media has lost a bid to stop online property advertising company REA Group from trademarking its web address realestate.com.au.
A former Norton Rose employment partner in litigation with the firm over his firing has lost his bid to move next week’s scheduled mediation out of Sydney.
A bitter court battle over the firing of a Norton Rose Fulbright employment partner in which the firm admitted it retroactively signed and dated a court document will soon head to mediation.
Wholesale satellite broadband provider Ipstar Australia has lost a bid to overturn a $7 million judgment against it for allegedly providing defective equipment and engaging in unconscionable conduct in violation of consumer law.
Vodafone will have to cough up $295,000 to cover the legal bills of the ACCC and Telstra after falling short in its bid for judicial review of an ACCC decision not to declare a domestic mobile roaming service.