A union has partially won a bid to exclude thousands of current and former members from a class action against McDonald’s, after losing a challenge that sought to ban all Fair Work group proceedings.
Network Ten is pushing to transfer proceedings by TV presenter Lisa Wilkinson for coverage of her legal bill in a defamation case by accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann to the court hearing the former Liberal staffer’s case.
EFTPOS provider Tyro has won a year-long injunction against an authorised representative that pushed competing payment system Lightspeed on its customers, in breach of a restraint of trade clause in their contract.
Crown Resorts is seeking $10 million in security for costs from the law firm running a shareholder class action accusing it of lax anti-money laundering compliance, arguing the sum is justified in light of the firm’s potential recovery under a tiered group costs order.
A judge has rejected McDonald’s claim that Hungry Jack’s Big Jack burger infringed its Big Mac trade mark, but found that Hungry Jack’s misled consumers by boasting that its burger had 25 per cent more beef.
Atanaskovic Hartnell was not hard done by in a judgment that ordered payment of entitlements to a former general manager and rejected its cross-claims against the woman, an appeals court has been told. The law firm was just unhappy with the decision.
The founders of news website Mamamia have secured access to their client file from a former HWL Ebsworth partner, who is accused of professional negligence in his handling of a dispute with the landlord of the couple’s $16 million Bellevue Hill mansion.
A judge overseeing a class action by the owners of lots in a townhouse development in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria has rejected an application for security for costs, noting the case has been brought by individuals who stand to lose their properties if they fail to pay costs.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lost its bid to temporarily restrain payday lenders Cigno and BSF Solutions from enforcing loan fees against 7,000 customers, with a judge finding an injunction could destroy their businesses.
The judge overseeing a class action against collapsed investment manager Blue Sky has said he would not be inclined to seek clarity from the Full Court on whether the court has the power to make a solicitors common fund order unless one of the defendants raised a challenge.