A class action alleging Knowmore Legal Service provided negligent “cookie cutter” legal advice to sexual abuse survivors has argued a hearing on declassing and strike-out applications should be put on hold.
Entities linked to late solicitor Mark Elliott have offered a settlement to end the pursuit of damages for Banksia class action members, but the deal would leave a significant sum held on trust by the Elliott parties out of reach.
The Full Court has granted a bid for a costs certificate by a former Atanaskovic Hartnell general manager whose win in an employment suit was overturned due to a judge’s “uncritical copying and pasting” of submissions.
A judge has raised concerns about delays in paying three former Qantas baggage handlers compensation after an appeals court agreed they were illegally sacked and replaced with contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A former director of investment firm Keystone, who is suspected by the corporate regulator of misusing millions in investor funds, has flagged a potential bid to keep his silence in a case by court-appointed receivers.
In the second test of the new design and distribution obligations under the Corporations Act, ASIC is seeking a $20 million penalty against the provider of the Kraken crypto exchange.
The law firm running a class action against Exactech over allegedly faulty joint implants is facing the “impossible task” of settling the case by January, the “drop dead” deadline for resolving the claim under its US parent company’s restructuring.
A judge has balked at a suggestion by group members appealing a $112 million Robodebt class action settlement that the Commonwealth could represent the interests of people content with the deal.
ASIC has attacked an appeal argument by payday lenders BSF Solutions and Cigno that athough they offered short-term loans, the fees they charged had no link to the credit services.
A judge has found that Telstra did not violate disability discrimination laws when it put a hard-of-hearing Triple-0 operator on leave after she failed a hearing test.