Sign in
Australia Source-linked decisions Coverage checked

Australia Case Law

Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.

Courts on this page
0 court collections
Last checked

Australia decisions

Decisions matching the current search

Clear filters
Commercial law

Taggle Systems Pty Ltd v Elster Metering Pty Ltd

The Court granted only a partial stay in favour of Singapore arbitration, limited to post-8 February 2021 supply contracts, and delayed the arbitration until final judgment.

  • Stay of proceedings
  • Arbitration agreement
  • Kompetenz-kompetenz
  • Incorporation by reference
  • Through or under
  • Partial stay
Read case analysis
Mercantile law

SPV Capital Pty Ltd v Bhatt & Anor

Commercial lender’s claim upheld after default judgment; defendants’ cross claim alleging penalty, unconscionability and misleading conduct was dismissed.

  • Commercial loan agreements
  • Default judgment
  • Cross claim
  • Penalty clause
  • Unconscionability
  • Misleading and deceptive conduct
Read case analysis
Equity

Agency Settlements Pty Ltd v Zak

The Supreme Court of New South Wales refused an interlocutory injunction restraining Mr Zak from saying Agency Settlements’ deposit model breached s 86.

  • Interlocutory injunction
  • Misleading or deceptive conduct
  • Injurious falsehood
  • Business model lawfulness
  • Trust money and depositholder arrangements
  • Interlocutory-injunction
Read case analysis
Contract

Spotpress Pty Ltd v Spotpress Newspapers Pty Ltd

The Court found the sellers breached sale-of-business warranties and awarded damages, including $4.875 million, plus further relief on related claims.

  • Sale of business
  • Warranty breach
  • Damages assessment
  • Contract interpretation
  • Set-off
  • Lease electricity charges
Read case analysis
Practice and procedure

Alexiou v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (Scope of Amendments)

Alexiou v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (Scope of Amendments) [2025] FCA 147

Perram J resolved a dispute over the scope of permitted pleading amendments, allowing some based on recent evidence or admissions and refusing others that sought to revive earlier allegations.

  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Case management
  • Prejudice and delay in amendments
  • Amendment-of-pleadings
  • Case-management
  • Delay-and-prejudice
Read case analysis
Practice and procedure

Cantor v Audi Australia Pty Limited (No 8)

Cantor v Audi Australia Pty Limited (No 8) [2025] FCA 134

The Federal Court extended suppression orders protecting the identities of individuals linked to alleged dieselgate conduct, citing ongoing overseas criminal proceedings.

  • Suppression orders
  • Non-publication orders
  • Confidentiality in court proceedings
  • Administration of justice
  • Criminal investigations (overseas nexus)
  • Federal court procedure
Read case analysis
Consumer law

Jackson v Carnival plc t/as P&O Cruises Australia (Settlement Approval)

Jackson v Carnival plc t/as P&O Cruises Australia (Settlement Approval) [2025] FCA 127

The Federal Court approved a representative proceeding settlement over a cruise dispute, finding the terms fair and reasonable and approving associated costs.

  • Settlement approval
  • Damages for distress and disappointment
  • Statutory warranties
  • Class actions
  • Legal costs
  • Class-action-settlement-approval
Read case analysis
Bankruptcy

Field (Trustee) v Spencer

Field (Trustee) v Spencer [2025] FCA 122

The Federal Court ordered a bankrupt to give vacant possession of his home, authorised the trustee’s sale, and required the trustee to show cause about delay and remuneration.

  • Trustee powers
  • Possession orders
  • Sale of property
  • Court's supervisory jurisdiction
  • Costs orders
  • Bankruptcy
Read case analysis

About this LexChat collection

Australia decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.