WA manufacturer Rock Tool Refurbishment Solutions has lost its bid to throw out patent infringement claims by global mining equipment company CME, with a judge saying he was not satisfied the allegations had no reasonable prospects of success.
Investors in Mayfair Groupās collapsed IPO Wealth Fund stand to recoup āa lot lessā than their alleged $67 million in losses from a settlement in a class action alleging the fundās trustee misled the unit holders — but they will take home 75 per cent of the resolution sum, a court has heard.
A judge overseeing a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group has appointed an amicus curiae for what is believed to be the first time to assist the court in a fight over the wording of an opt out notice describing a ānovelā funding model.Ā
Two law firms are set to work āhand in gloveā in their proposed consolidated shareholder class actions against a2 Milk, with one senior barrister to be dropped as part of the ārationalisationā of the combined team.
Qantas has asked the High Court to reverse a judgment that found it violated the Fair Work Act by axing 1,800 ground staff partly to prevent them from bringing industrial action.
Settlement talks in a class action on behalf of women injured by allegedly defective pelvic mesh products have failed after Astora Health took a long-standing $27 million settlement offer off the table.Ā
A barrister for CEO and founder of Euro Pacific Bank Peter Schiff has raised concerns that Nine has filed an unlawful defence in a defamation case over a 60 Minutes episode accusing the bank boss of tax evasion and helping figures in organised crime.
A foreshadowed application for a funding order in a class action that would put a lien on some group membersā homes was āentirely unprecedented and without jurisprudential basisā, retirement home provider Aveo Group has said.
Uber has appealed a ruling that found many of its email exchanges with its lawyers were made in furtherance of offences at the centre of a class action and were not protected by legal professional privilege.
The litigation funder facing a lawsuit by the applicant in a class action it financed is demanding security for legal costs because it says the applicant — which is being chased by a law firm for more than $300,000 in fees — may not be good for the money.