A class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam has appealed a judgment that found shareholders who did not purchase their stock on one of the three exchanges on which the mining giant is listed are excluded from the case.
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has admitted to lying to defence minister Linda Reynolds and in a TV interview aired by Channel 7, on the fourth day of his defamation trial against Network Ten.
Optus has lodged an appeal of a judgment that found the teleco could not claim legal professional privilege to shield from a class action a report by consulting giant Deloitte into last year’s major data breach.
A judge has given a competition class action against AGL Energy another chance to secure funding, but imposed a ādrop dead dateā by which the proceeding will be dismissed if no funder is found.
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has walked back evidence in his defamation trial that he did not buy Brittany Higgins any alcoholic drinks on the night he allegedly raped her, saying he āmust have been confusedā.
A protracted class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia brought by borrowers who claimed they were forced to default on their commercial loans has finally settled, a court has heard.Ā
A judge has ruled that a settlement offer made in a case can be adduced into evidence in a construction companyās suit against its former lawyers, finding that the offer was not covered by without penalty privilege.
A judge has signed off on almost $7.5 million in fees billed by the law firm behind the pelvic mesh class action against Boston Scientific, eight months after he approved the device maker’s $105 million settlement.
Clive Palmer has lost his bid to overturn a council decision to reject his plan for a residential development at a Gold Coast flood plain, with a judge noting that would-be residents would be subject to the āadverse odoursā of a nearby sewerage treatment plant.
AMP has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class action by financial advisers over its buyer of last resort policy, after suffering a loss at trial.