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Our team of expert reporters delivers essential coverage of high-stakes corporate litigation, arbitration, and regulatory disputes across federal, state and territory courts. We go beyond the headlines to provide practitioners with the interlocutory updates, expert analysis, and procedural insights necessary to navigate a complex and rapidly evolving dispute resolution environment.
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Latest News in Commercial Disputes AU
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October 05, 2026
DGR's Bid To Expand $28.4M Armour Energy Case Rejected
A Queensland Supreme Court judge has refused mining exploration company DGR Global's application to add a new $73.4 million counterfactual claim in its proceedings over the collapse of Armour Energy, DGR announced Monday.
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October 05, 2026
Class Accuses JB Hi-Fi Of Selling Warranties 'Worth Nothing'
JB Hi-Fi sold extended warranties "worth nothing" because their benefits substantially overlapped with Australian consumer law, counsel for a class of consumers said at the first day of a massive trial in the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday.
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October 05, 2026
Insurer Denied Additional Security In $29M Coverage Row
A Federal Court judge on Friday dismissed an application by Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance for an additional cost security in a commodities trader's case alleging the insurer wrongly failed to pay roughly $29 million in trade credit claims, saying there were no exceptional circumstances to justify the move.
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October 05, 2026
Justice Kirk Warns 'Unrestrained' Attacks Erode Rule Of Law
NSW Court of Appeal Justice Jeremy Kirk has warned that "strident and unrestrained" attacks on judges can undermine public confidence in courts and the rule of law, while acknowledging that the judiciary should remain open to legitimate criticism.
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October 05, 2026
Lion Property Director Can't Undo Investor Default Judgment
A Victorian Supreme judge has dismissed an application by John Sader, co-founder of Lion Property Group, to set aside a default judgment issued in a suit alleging the collapsed luxury property developer misused investor funds, finding Sader's bankruptcy meant he lacked a "sufficient financial interest" to challenge the ruling.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Major commercial proceedings involving companies, directors, shareholders and other business parties, from the filing of a claim through judgment and appeal.
- CLASS ACTIONS
- Representative proceedings involving companies in Australia, including significant developments concerning group membership, competing proceedings, liability, settlement and damages.
- COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
- Domestic and international arbitration involving Australian parties, assets or seats, as well as court proceedings arising from arbitral disputes.
- LITIGATION FUNDING
- Funding arrangements and disputes, regulatory developments and decisions affecting the role of litigation funders.
- JUDGMENTS AND ENFORCEMENT
- The recognition and enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards, including asset recovery, freezing orders and cross-border enforcement.
- COURT PROCEDURE
- Developments involving pleadings, discovery, evidence, privilege, costs, interlocutory relief and court rules affecting commercial disputes.
- ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- Significant developments involving mediation, expert determination and other methods of resolving business disputes outside the courtroom.
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- Solicitors specialising in litigation and dispute resolution at leading Australian law firms
- In-house disputes teams and corporate counsel
- Litigation funders and their advisers
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- Judges and court staff
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