The ACCC will immediately commence a wide-ranging homes loans inquiry at the direction of the Federal Government, including an investigation into the banking sectorâs refusal to pass on interest rate cuts to consumers in full.
A new report from the Law Council of Australia has revealed female barristers are doing more work for less money overall, with equitable briefing improvements outstripped by slow growth in fee parity.
Internet provider TPG says it has been âvindicatedâ by a judgeâs decision to throw out the consumer watchdogâs case over allegedly unfair contract terms that allowed the telco to keep millions of dollars of customerâs unused prepaid funds.
Motorola has slammed competitor Hytera for its âspectacularly poorâ handling of expert evidence in a high stakes intellectual property dispute between the two tech giants, arguing the pre-trial timetable should not be upended on account of the Chinese radio makerâs âpig-headedâ insistence on using unavailable witnesses.
The plaintiffs in a farming class action brought against Advanta Seeds over allegedly contaminated sorghum have been denied access to the defendantâs insurance policy documents, after a judge found âsignificant differencesâ with a recently successful application in a class action against Radio Rentals.
QBE Underwriting has defended its decision to deny insurance coverage to the builder of Sydneyâs troubled Opal Tower development, claiming the cracking was not âmajorâ and did not cause last yearâs Christmas Eve evacuation.
National law firm Holding Redlich is investigating a shareholder class action against Smiles Inclusive, just one week after the embattled Gold Coast dental company reported a $31 million statutory loss.
The judge overseeing the long-running class action over allegedly faulty Ford PowerShift transmissions has told the applicants they might need to put up considerable cash security to cover the âwar and peace of discoveryâ disputes, after Ford slammed the delayed request for documents as âcomplete and utter nonsenseâ.
The judge overseeing a class action against mineral sands producer Iluka Resources has slammed the submissions from both sides over a bid for an extra $2.6 million in security for costs, calling them âcompletely out of controlâ and “totally out of proportionâ.
The plaintiffs in an investor class action filed against Dick Smith’s insurers want a separate hearing from four other representative and company proceedings against the failed electronics retailer, arguing there would be only the âthinnest basisâ for concurrent proceedings if their strike out application was successful.