Cindy Cameronne

Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer, who is facing a class action by 1,000 former patients, has been hit with a new lawsuit alleging he performed a negligent liposuction and fat transfer procedure, which left a woman with disfigurement, necrosis and nerve damage.

Clayton Utz has lost its appeal of a costs assessment in a contractual dispute for which it billed $1.46 million in legal fees, allegedly five times more than the other parties’ legal bill.

The Sex Discrimination Commissioner has told a court a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls can bring a claim for gender identity discrimination under under Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.

Woodside Energy has hit back at a bid to halt seismic blasting on its Scarborough gas project, claiming it undertook comprehensive consultation with Indigenous communities and that the project’s environmental risks were of “an acceptable level”. 

The National Australia Bank has been hit with a lawsuit by a former general manager, who alleges the bank forced him to work unreasonable additional hours and told him to ‘flush’ loan applications. 

Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to greenlight the expansion of two mega coal mines in NSW was contrary to findings by the “entire community of climate scientists around the globe”, a court has heard. 

The runner-up in a contest to administer Johnson & Johnson’s $300 million settlement of two pelvic mesh class actions has lost a challenge to a decision awarding the prize to the team of Slater & Gordon, BDO and the firm of former Shine Lawyers solicitor Jan Saddler.

The High Court has granted defunct online educator Captain Cook College special leave to appeal a finding that it engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct by enrolling thousands of unsuitable students, who accrued $60 million in debt but never finished their courses. 

A New South Wales developer’s argument that the Full Court was “plainly wrong” to dismiss the ACCC’s competition case against NSW Ports over the privatisation of two ports is destined for the High Court, a judge has heard. 

A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute are appealing a judge’s rejection of their bid to declass a representative proceeding on behalf of 13,500 patients who claim they suffered injury or complications from breast augmentation surgery.