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In a bid to snuff out the negligence claims in a recently revived case by passengers forced off a flight and strip searched at Doha airport, Qatar Airways has brought its own High Court challenge.
A class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments won't seek to transfer the case to contingency fee-friendly Victoria despite a High Court ruling that put the kibosh on solicitors' common fund orders.
Network Ten has attacked the “perversity” of ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s argument that a judge's finding that he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins should be overturned because the trial judge did not accept every detail of Higgins’ account.
While multinational companies will welcome a recent High Court decision that let PepsiCo off the hook for royalty withholding tax and diverted profits tax, experts agree the decision won't provide a carte blanche to skirt taxes.
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Mach Energy has filed an application with the High Court seeking to overturn an activist group’s win in a case over the extension of the Mount Pleasant coal mine, arguing climate impacts were not a mandatory consideration for the approval.
The judge overseeing three court proceedings against Optus over a 2022 data breach has questioned why it took the privacy regulator three years to file its case.
A judge has signed off on a $59 million settlement in a class action accusing five banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging, while bemoaning the failure of successive attorneys-general to advance reforms clarifying the court’s power to make class closure orders.
The competition watchdog has raised concerns over the proposed tie-up of Kegstar and Konvoy -- the only operators in the niche industry of keg pooling -- saying the deal could mean higher prices.
Maurice Blackburn is seeking a 33 per cent cut of any settlement in a class action against Sportsbet, arguing that law firms "doing well" for themselves by running class actions is an inherent feature of the contingency fee scheme.