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‘Very disappointing’: Judge bemoans delays in QSuper class action
A judge has reluctantly granted extensions in a class action over QSuper’s alleged failure to notify members of changes to its premiums, saying the delay in the two-year old case was "very disappointing".
Settlement talks fail in MP’s case over Mark Latham’s ‘notorious’ tweet
Independent Sydney member Alex Greenwich and politician Mark Latham have failed to resolve their defamation stoush out of court over a "notorious" homophobic tweet by the NSW One Nation leader.
Law firm replaced in Hyundai, Kia class actions after merger ‘falls apart’
A law firm that brought class actions against Hyundai and Kia over alleged faulty anti-lock braking systems has been replaced ahead of a contest against Maurice Blackburn to run the cases. 
Ten told Wilkinson legal costs over $375,000 ‘unlikely to be reasonable’, court hears
Network Ten, which is resisting paying the legal bill for Lisa Wilkinson in defamation proceedings by accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann, has argued it is only on the hook for paying costs "reasonably incurred" by the presenter.
Rival class action to be filed against KFC over rest breaks
A leading plaintiff law firm will file a competing class action against KFC before the end of the year alleging the fast food giant denied workers rest breaks, after Gordon Legal filed a group proceeding late last month, a court has heard.
Optus says ‘no precedent’ to compensate losses from outage
The CEO of Optus has denied it has to compensate small businesses who allegedly suffered losses during a nationwide outage that left over ten million customers without coverage or pay a penalty for 228 emergency calls to 000 that failed. 
Union succeeds in excluding members from McDonald’s class action
A union has partially won a bid to exclude thousands of current and former members from a class action against McDonald’s, after losing a challenge that sought to ban all Fair Work group proceedings.
Court rejects human rights group’s bid to repatriate Aussies detained in Syria
A human rights group has lost its legal bid to compel the federal government to bring home Australians stuck in Syrian camps, with a a judge finding the Minister for Home Affairs has “no control” over their detention.
Ten questions ‘propriety’ of Lisa Wilkinson having separate lawyers in Lehrmann suit
Ten has questioned whether presenter Lisa Wilkinson should have separate representation in defending a defamation case by accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann, as it responds to a dispute over a promise to cover her legal bill.
OAIC takes Australian Clinical Labs to court over data breach
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has brought civil penalty proceedings accusing pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs of failing to take steps to prevent a February 2022 data breach that affected millions of patients.