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Vokes keeps up campaign to undo 17-year-old trade mark error
Clayton Utz 2018-10-16 8:13 pm By Miklos Bolza

Industrial filter manufacturer Vokes will launch a cross claim against rival Laminar Air Flow, arguing a 17-year old error which led to six of its trade marks being revoked can still be undone.

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Hyundai wins $5.6M payout in ICC arbitration dispute
Arbitration 2018-10-16 7:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

Hyundai Engineering and Steel Industries has been granted almost $5.6 million in compensation in a case against Australian company Alfasi Steel over construction delays on Sydney’s International Convention Centre.

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Crown says NSW gov’t ‘spruiked’ to block Sydney harbour views
Ashurst 2018-10-15 11:25 pm By Miklos Bolza

Crown Resorts has accused the NSW government of breaching its contractual obligations by “spruiking” to construction firms for development at central Barangaroo that would obstruct its views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.

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Judge to rethink Glencore in-house counsel’s access to Cargill deal docs
Agriculture 2018-10-15 9:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An appeals court has ordered the judge overseeing a fraudulent concealment trial over Cargill’s $420 million purchase of the Joe White malt business to reconsider his decision to allow an in-house lawyer at Glencore to access “highly confidential” deal documents.

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Court cans Asahi bid for docs to probe consumer claims against Gloria Jeans owner
Associate Justice David Derham 2018-10-15 5:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

Asahi Beverages has lost a bid for preliminary discovery to consider whether it should bring misleading and deceptive conduct claims against a unit of Retail Food Group, owner of the popular Gloria Jeans Coffee and Donut King franchises.

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Clock’s ticking as Unlockd gets deadline for filing case against Google
Ashurst 2018-10-15 11:15 am By Christine Caulfield

Failed digital ad company Unlockd has until the end of the month to set out its competition case against Google or the suit will be thrown out.

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Judge tosses appeal over alleged $75M Onslow Salt, Chevron ‘conspiracy’ deal
Bennett + Co 2018-10-12 11:33 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Western Australian government has lost its bid to appeal a Federal Court judge’s rejection of its application to throw out a native title case alleging Onslow Salt made a $75 million with Chevron that amounted to an unlawful means conspiracy.

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Aurizon wins bid for Qube docs in ACCC case
Ashurst 2018-10-12 10:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

Aurizon has won a request to view documents from Qube Holdings in the ACCC’s case alleging it reached an anti-competitive agreement with Pacific National for the sale of its intermodal freight business, as it pushes back against the competition regulator’s claim that there were other buyers vying for the business.

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Roberts-Smith seeks suppression of ‘scandalous’ Fairfax defence in defamation case
Defamation 2018-10-12 10:51 pm By Miklos Bolza

Decorated war hero Ben Roberts-Smith wants to suppress Fairfax’s defence in a highly contentious defamation case, saying the media company wanted the “scandalous and vexatious” document public so it could report on it.

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Mineral Resources entitled to critics’ names in consumer case over negative tweets, judge says
Bennett + Co 2018-10-12 9:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A director of a corporate advisory firm has been ordered to name names in his defence of a lawsuit brought by Mineral Resources over tweets suggesting the lithium mining company’s ore has a bad reputation in China.

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