The Queensland government has been slammed for delays in two class actions over the removal of Indigenous children, while the state pushes to strike out claims at the heart of the case.
Dovetail’s legal counsel has accused the start-up’s boss of sexually assaulting her during a coercive relationship and claims the head of HR failed to support her and advised “not to shit where you eat”.
An environmental group has lodged an appeal over the extension of the Mount Pleasant coal mine in NSW operated by MACH Energy.
A High Court majority has found self-represented law firms can recover costs for their solicitors’ work, but in dissent two judges said the ruling effectively restored an exception scrapped five years ago.
AAI has lost its bid to appeal an order joining it to a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed at two high-rise towers in Liverpool, NSW.
A tribunal has refused to order a contractor to remove external sunscreens on Meriton’s 70-storey Infinity Tower in the Brisbane CBD, despite finding they were made of combustible aluminum composite panels.
Citing rising costs of materials and labour, NSW Central Coast builder Clarke Homes has entered voluntary administration, with several building projects incomplete.
Mitsubishi says an investigation into the fuel consumption of its Triton cars is protected by litigation privilege and should not be handed over to a class action.
Commercial property firm DTZ Worldwide has lost its bid for $243 million in damages related to its acquisition of United Group from UGL Limited over United’s alleged failure to disclose that a key contract was “loss-making”.
The corporate regulator has commenced an investigation into ASX’s one-day technical failure that prevented the settlement of trades on the CHESS system shortly before Christmas.