Cindy Cameronne

A former EY partner accused of pocketing $700,000 in secret commissions can shield an email from the firm’s tax leader to its general counsel despite the firm having waived privilege. 

A time-strapped judge’s decision that was set aside for “uncritical copying and pasting” exposes deeper issues about stressed judges at under-resourced courts with “extraordinary workloads”, experts say.

A judge has allowed investors bringing a class action against Virgin to join Velocity Rewards to the case, despite finding the proposed claims against the frequent flyer program are “barely arguable”. 

BHP has told an appeals court a shareholder class action should not be allowed to expand the group definition to correct an alleged drafting error.

Landmark High Court decisions in class actions against Toyota and Ford on how damages should be calculated for defective vehicles will spark more consumer class actions, a plaintiff lawyer told Lawyerly.

Vittoria has defeated claims in an intellectual property battle that it infringed on rival Koninklijke Douwe Egbert’s trade mark for the design of its Moccona instant coffee jar.

In the first case of its kind, a government agency has filed proceedings against education technology company Chegg, alleging it has breached laws designed to prohibit academic cheating.

The High Court has upheld appeals in class actions against Ford and Toyota over the calculation of damages for reduction in value of defective vehicles.

A novel bid to appeal the $112 million Robodebt class action settlement and bring new claims off the back of damning revelations in a royal commission report faces “significant hurdles”, a judge has said.

A judge has expressed concerns after hearing that up to 20,000 group members in three pelvic mesh class actions have yet to receive payment from $405 million in settlements approved in March last year.