A green activist who filed a group proceeding alleging the government failed to disclose the impacts of climate change to investors in sovereign bonds does not have a common interest with group members and should have her lawsuit declassed, a court has heard.
Australian soldiers who raided a village in Afghanistan were âinfidelsâ and the people they killed were âmartyrsâ, an Afghan villager related to a man allegedly murdered by veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court.
A landmark ruling on a bid for a contingency fee in a class action is close, a judge said Tuesday as she heard argument in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates on whether an opt out notice should be sent to shareholders ahead of a group costs order.
A judge has put off next month’s trial in one of two class actions brought by local councils against insurance JLT Risk Solutions over allegedly excessive premiums, but said the adjournment application would likely have failed if either side had put up a fight.
A communications device was planted on an unarmed Afghan villager who was allegedly murdered by former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, a court overseeing the accused war criminal’s defamation trial has heard.
Canberra has been floated as a potential new venue for the trial in former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smithâs defamation case as Sydneyâs COVID-19 outbreak worsens, but a judge has said moving the hearing created âreal difficultiesâ.
A judge has tossed One Nation chief-of-staff James Ashbyâs lawsuit alleging the federal government breached the Fair Work Act by refusing to foot the bill for nearly $4.5 million in legal costs stemming from a dropped sexual harassment case against former House speaker Peter Slipper.
Global mine technology company Minetek has lost its bid to access USB devices held by equipment manufacturer Howdenâs solicitors for use in a potential lawsuit against a former employee who it says may have unlawfully used confidential company information.
Employment class action law firm Adero Law is seeking to intervene in the Fair Work Ombudsmanâs action against Woolworths, saying the âmisconceivedâ proceedings have disrupted mediation in a class action against the supermarket chain for which 3,000 employees have registered.
Sydney lawyer Leigh Johnson has lost her appeal in a class action launched by investors who allegedly sank $12.3 million into a fraudulent sports betting scheme run by convicted conman Peter Foster.