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Telstra denied special leave in legal stoush with cities over smart payphone installation
Telstra has failed in its appeal to the High Court to hear its battle with Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane over the planned upgrade of its payphone network across Australia.
Legal spat over Virgin’s leased airplane engines heads to High Court
The High Court has granted special leave to hear a first-of-its-kind dispute over a number of airplane engines leased by the beleaguered Virgin Airlines, which may result in the airline’s administrators using company funds to cover the costs of shipping the engines back to Florida.
Johnson & Johnson asks High Court to review landmark pelvic mesh ruling
A Johnson & Johnson unit wants the High Court to review the Full Federal Court's rejection of its challenge to a landmark class action ruling that found the company's pelvic mesh implants were defective and that it failed to adequately warn about their risks.
Findex’s High Court challenge in case against former financial advisor falls flat
Accounting firm Findex Australia has lost a bid for the High Court to hear its case over a restraint provision against a former financial advisor found to have been unenforcable.
High Court tosses bid to stop lawsuit by CFMMEU ‘front man’
The High Court has tossed an appeal by the Victorian International Container Terminal which sought summary dismissal of a legal challenge to an enterprise agreement entered into with the blessing of the Maritime Union of Australia in 2016.
High Court to hear Glencore shipping fee fight with Port of Newcastle
The High Court will weigh in on a dispute between the Port of Newcastle and mining giant Glencore over access charges to shipping channels used to export coal from the Hunter Valley.
High Court rejects Rinehart’s ‘very odd’ special leave bid in dispute over mining assets
The High Court has rejected special leave applications by mining magnate Gina Rinehart to appeal a ruling which only partially stayed a legal dispute over ownership rights and royalties relating to the Rinehart family-owned Hope Downs iron ore mine, with one judge calling the mining magnate's arguments a "tortured articulation" and "very odd". 
5 takeaways from High Court’s ruling on class action beauty parades
Lawyers and experts welcomed the High Court’s ruling Wednesday, which approved a class action beauty parade approach to dealing with competing proceedings and provided guidance as to how judges might otherwise manage the problem of duplicative cases. Here, Lawyerly outlines the important things to take away from the majority’s judgment.
ATO wins High Court appeal against Travelex over mistaken $149,000 tax surplus
The High Court has ruled that the tax office was not obliged to refund money for tax surpluses mistakenly issued under the GST Act, in a long-running legal dispute between the Commissioner of Taxation and foreign currency exchange Travelex.
High Court says ‘no one size fits all’ when it comes to competing class actions
Judges have power to manage competing class actions by picking a winner in a so-called beauty parade, the High Court has ruled, but there is no one size fits all approach to the decision, and the law firm that files first is not guaranteed the coveted prize.