An attempt by Crown Resorts to block ex-employees from talking to class action lawyers about the casino giant’s thwarted business in China was contrary to the public interest, a judge heard Monday.
Online educator Captain Cook College broke the law by enrolling thousands of students who accrued $60 million in debt but never finished their courses, a new action by the consumer regulator alleges.
Two far-reaching appeals challenging the court’s power to order all members of an open class action to pay a litigation funder will be heard together, and soon, the Federal Court’s top judge said Thursday.
Lawyers leading a class action against Quintis want the failed sandalwood oil producer to hand over evidence of any insurance policy that could cover the company and its founder for damages sought in the case.
A defamation case brought by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young against fellow senator David Leyonhjelm will go ahead after Leyonhjelm lost a bid to shut the suit down on the grounds of parliamentary privilege.
A Federal Court judge has been asked to recuse himself from a legal dispute between Norton Rose Fulbright and a former employment partner who was terminated from the firm.
An education provider calling itself Trinity College Australia faces a lawsuit alleging it is duping consumers by trying to pass off as The University of Melbourne’s famed residential college.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has secured almost $9 million in penalties against Melbourne-based Financial Circle over a scheme to extract advice fees and ongoing commission from borrowers who took out personal loans.
A third law firm is investigating a possible class action to compensate property owners for the cost of removing highly combustible aluminium cladding, believed to be in the majority of buildings in Australia.
Maurice Blackburn is investigating a possible class action after the share price of Corporate Travel Management plunged 27 percent on Wednesday, and will look at the role of VGI Partners in the sudden stock drop.