The Australian Law Reform Commission has recommended the establishment of a federal judicial commission as a “transparent and independent” way of addressing concerns about the conduct of judges.
A judge was wrong to find that Mazda’s treatment of customers with faulty vehicles was appalling but not unconscionable, and nowhere in his ruling is there an explanation for the distinction, the consumer regulator has told an appeals court.
Insurance Australia Group faces a class action by shareholders over its disclosures connected to the impact of COVID-19 claims by policyholders.
The corporate regulator will challenge a bid by payday lenders Cigno and BHF to stay its case pending their appeal to the High Court.
Investment firm Curve Securities is suing competitor Ord Minnett and a former associate director, alleging the defecting adviser solicited its clients and misused confidential information.
Piper Alderman has recruited a former Mills Oakley partner to join its commercial litigation practice in Perth.
Mastercard had a legitimate and pro-competitive reason for reaching agreements with major retailers to choose its network over Eftpos for debit card processing, a court was told Wednesday in the competition regulator’s misuse of market power case against the financial services behemoth.
Law firm Moray & Agnew has reached an agreement with insurer Arch Underwriting in its case seeking coverage of part of a $3.7 million settlement with Melbourne property developer Harry Stamoulis.
The settlement figure in a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has been revealed as $33 million, and super members are set to share in the net sum of $14 million, or 42.5 per cent of the deal.
Kmart Australia has resolved a case brought by UK-based Jellycat that accused the retailer of selling knockoffs of the plush toy designer’s signature ‘Bashful Bunny’.