Mining giant BHP has been given the green light to bring allegations of fraud against competitor Cherwell Creek Coal in a long running dispute over mining rights.
A judge has signed off on a $10.5 million settlement in a class action over the 2015 Scotsburn bushfire in Victoria, but slashed the costs of the law firm that brought the case by over $1 million.
Woolworths-owned liquor store chains BWS and Dan Murphy’s are facing a class action investigation for allegedly underpaying staff.
Treasury Wine Estates has challenged a ruling that Maurice Blackburn did not breach its obligations by using material from a now settled class action against it to draft new class action pleadings.
Two National Australia Bank units are trying to shut down a Maurice Blackburn-led class action over alleged superannuation mismanagement, claiming that the proceeding was invalidly commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
A judge has dismissed a class action accusing Government ministers of misfeasance in public office over the practice of securing Nauruan visas for those detained on the island.
Fintech company iSignthis, which initially sought $27 million from the ASX in a suit alleging the market operator’s suspension of its share led to lost contracts, has increased the claim for damages to more than $264 million.
Plaintiffs law firm Slater and Gordan has been hit with a lawsuit accusing it of giving negligence advice to a victim of notorious paedophile priest Michael Glennon.
The legal watchdog in Victoria will be asked to probe potential misconduct against the legal team behind the controversial Banksia Securities class action for their fees in a separate class action, which last year settled for $40 million.
Lawyer Alex Elliott, the son of the funder behind the Banksia Securities class action, has been ordered to give a “full, frank and honest” explanation of his role in an alleged fraudulent scheme to inflate legal fees in the case, and he risks his career if he’s not forthcoming.