Building insulation supplier CSR Bradford will provide discovery to Consolidated Energy after the independent distributor foreshadowed action alleging misuse of market power.
The director of collapsed investment firm Linchpin Capital has lost his challenge to a $150,000 penalty, with an appeals court dismissing his arguments as “carping criticism”.
Human rights group Save the Children has lost its fight to release Australians held in a Syrian refugee camp after the High Court refused its special leave bid.
Four proceedings over COVID-19 business interruption losses will be stripped of class action status, with a judge saying most of the common issues were already determined in test cases.
Applicants in two dismissed class actions against the Commonwealth Bank have secured an order staying an assessment of costs in the failed cases until the outcome of an appeal.
Super Retail faces a second Federal Court case by a former senior female executive, after conciliation proceedings in the Fair Work Commission failed to resolve the complaint.
While the latest round of Respect@Work reforms will likely increase litigation by shielding employees from costs in unsuccessful discrimination cases, this may not spell bad news for employers.
Two insurers have come up short in their appeal of a ruling that put them on the hook for the costs of Opal Tower consultant engineer WSP in a class action by residents.
An administrator has won $1 million more in costs for distributing a class action settlement, but a judge warned any ‘overshoot’ might not be borne by group members.
A second law firm has filed a class action against Harvey Norman alleging it sold extended warranties to customers that had “no real value”.