Contracts

Hungry Jack's faces calls for a court injunction preventing the burger chain from proceeding with plans to open restaurants in close proximity to a franchisee's sites on NSW's Central Coast.

A judge has thrown out a contempt motion brought by the owner of the Illawarra Hawks against the landlady of his $15,000 per week apartment, finding the woman did not commit criminal contempt by failing to remove personal items, including porcelain dolls, which were stored at the premises.

Australian singer The Kid Laroi has failed to restrain solicitors who acted for his benefit in negotiating a record deal from representing his former manager in a contractual dispute, with a judge rejecting arguments the lawyers could be seen as “switching sides”. 

Infant formula giant Care A2 will try again to block business partner Gensco from bringing claims against it in a US court that overlap with a $200 million Australian lawsuit over a deal to sell formula in the US.

The corporate regulator has filed a suit against fintech giant PayPal over a term in its contracts with small businesses that sets a deadline for complaints about excess fees.

Fintech Tyro has taken an authorised representative to court for allegedly breaching its contractual obligations by pushing a competing payment system on merchants.

A judge has thrown out claims in a $650 million lawsuit by 38 dealers against Mercedes-Benz Australia over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model, finding the dealers' lawsuit sought to rewrite the terms of their agreement with the car maker on more commercially favourable terms.

A franchisee class action against United Petroleum over the installation of allegedly loss-making Pie Face stores at its franchise sites is fighting two applications for security for costs which it says can’t be met, as funders take little interest in the case.

A referee will calculate individual damages for 290 former Royal Australian Navy sailors after failed attempts at a settlement in a class action against the Department of Defence, in which a judge ruled the government owed compensation.

Developer CHP Group has accused real estate agency Maison Global of having a conflict of interest while selling apartments in Sydney Olympic Park’s latest high-rise the Boomerang building due to a separate arrangement with a different developer.