In the latest example of a judgment being overturned for uncritical copying and pasting, a judge has quashed the AAT’s decision to cancel a migrant’s student visa for failing to bring an independent ...

An intellectual property firm has lost its legal challenge to Apple’s bid to patent its method of authentication on electronic devices, including smartphones. An Australian fashion designer has asked ...

The owners of the Werribee shopping centre in Victoria have lost their bid for preliminary discovery related to the likely recovery in their $356 million claim against builder Probuild.

A judge has approved a $57.5 million settlement in a class action against ANZ over credit card interest, including allowing the funder to recoup $1.2 million in after-the-event insurance costs.

Two Queensland solicitors have scored partial wins in their decades-long disputes with the tax office because of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s “wholesale failure” to give proper reasons.

Maurice Blackburn is stuck paying $5.4 million in security in a flex commissions class action against Macquarie, with a judge saying it represents a “business risk willingly undertaken”.

Maurice Blackburn is stuck paying $5.4 million in security for costs in a flex commissions class action against Macquarie, with a judge saying it represents a “business risk willingly undertaken” by ...

Funder LLS has urged the court to approve its 20 per cent cut of a $202 million settlement in a stolen wages class action, saying that reducing the “bottom end” rate could deter investments in public ...

An Australian fashion designer has asked the High Court to overturn a Full Court win for singer Katy Perry in a long-running trade mark dispute, saying the court’s findings “wrongly privilege the ...

The government has proposed tougher penalties to crack down on the improper use of legal professional privilege claims in Commonwealth investigations.

The government has proposed tougher penalties to crack down on the improper use of legal professional privilege claims in Commonwealth investigations.

The Full Court has thrown out a finding that a supporter of Jarryd Hayne was defamed by a Seven social media post that accused him of spitting at a women who accused the rugby player of rape as she ...