Barristers

A judge has cut Slater & Gordon's 33% contingency fee in a class action against Insurance Australia, saying it was too high since there was nothing "particularly novel” about the case.

A court has dismissed Mt Arthur Coal’s attempt to tender unserved affidavits at trial in a miner's personal injury case, agreeing that it would amount to "trial by ambush".

Jetstar has hit back at a class action over COVID-19 flights cancellations, denying that it used “unfair tactics” to avoid providing the refunds customers say they were owed.

A class action against implant maker Exactech has been stayed in light of its US bankruptcy, but a carve out allows the firm that brought the case to continue settlement negotiations.

Transport for NSW has asked the High Court to weigh in on when land is acquired for a 'public purpose', in a dispute over the value of land acquired near the Western Sydney Airport.

Animal health company Virbac has lost its interlocutory bid to block a generic version of its animal drug Cydectin Platinum by rival Abbey Laboratories. 

Maurice Blackburn is stuck paying $5.4 million in security in a flex commissions class action against Macquarie, with a judge saying it represents a “business risk willingly undertaken”.

Two Queensland solicitors have scored partial wins in their decades-long disputes with the tax office because of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s “wholesale failure” to give proper reasons.

ASIC has won approval to bring claims against troubled regional airline Rex and four of its directors for allegedly misleading investors about the company's financial position.