A class action against water treatment company Phoslock and auditor KPMG should not be held up until a shareholder that’s stuck in preliminary discovery proceedings files a competing case, a court has heard.
The co-owners of Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria have won their bid for a preliminary trial in a suit against Probuild Constructions and several engineering companies over $200 million in alleged structural defects.
A judge has approved a settlement in a class action against Monsanto under which group members will get nothing, after he rejected claims that the company’s Roundup weed killer is carcinogenic.
Health Workers Union secretary Diana Asmar wants to halt a case by the Fair Work Commission over an alleged $2.7 million false invoicing scheme, saying criminal proceedings were “on the cards”.
A shareholder class action against WiseTech has cited the logistics company’s response to a short seller’s report as proof of its failure to disclose the true performance of businesses purchased during an acquisitions streak.
Law firm Cornwalls has denied claims by a former client that it acted negligently and caused it to enter receivership, resulting in $4.8 million in losses.
An NRL player who is suing the Bulldogs for mental harm after he was allegedly forced to wrestle 30 other players as punishment must hand over correspondence between his solicitor and doctor.
The Full Court has found an executive at the company behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship gym franchise should not be on the hook for a $5 million judgment awarded to three franchisees.
Slater & Gordon has hit back at a suit by its former head of human resources, who claims she was axed after raising concerns about underpayments, arguing she was fired for misconduct.
A judge has found that former Orix CEO John Carter is not entitled to make claims under a D&O policy, saying he fraudulently failed to disclose to Chubb the payment of alleged secret bribes.