Most Recent
ANZ and Westpac hit with junk insurance class actions
Class Actions 2020-02-28 1:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

Slater and Gordon has expanded its Get Your Insurance Back campaign, launching class actions against ANZ and Westpac over allegedly worthless consumer credit insurance, just three months after it reached a $49.5 million settlement with NAB in a class action over similar insurance.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

‘I never liked common fund orders anyway’: Judge gives thumbs up to High Court ruling
Class Actions 2020-02-28 12:53 pm By Miklos Bolza

A  judge overseeing a shareholder class action against collapsed engineering group RCR Tomlinson has said goodbye to the common fund order in the case while welcoming last year’s High Court decision preventing these orders from being made at the early stage in class actions.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

ASIC wins unconscionable conduct case against OTC derivatives issuer AGM Markets
Financial Services 2020-02-27 10:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ASIC has notched up a win against derivative issuer AGM Markets and two of its authorised representatives, with a court finding they engaged in misleading, deceptive and unconscionable conduct that caused investor losses of over $30 million.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Combustible cladding class action gets makeover
Class Actions 2020-02-27 5:37 pm By Miklos Bolza

The lead applicant in a class action over allegedly combustible cladding has been ordered to immediately pay the defendants’ costs that were thrown away by amended pleadings that bring a “substantially new case”, over a year after the high-stakes case was filed.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Head of NSW Racing claims ABC story on racehorse slaughter defamed him
Defamation 2020-02-27 12:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The head of Racing NSW has hit the ABC with a defamation lawsuit over a ‘7:30’ segment that revealed racehorses were being slaughtered in violation of industry rules.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Government reaches settlement in toxic foam class actions
Class Actions 2020-02-27 10:55 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A settlement has been reached in three class action against the Commonwealth of Australia over the use of allegedly toxic firefighting foam at government military bases.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Deloitte partners can’t dodge production order after ‘outrageous’ removal of audit files, Full Court says
Class Actions 2020-02-27 10:00 am By Miklos Bolza

Deloitte has lost its appeal of a ruling in a shareholder class action over the collapse of Hastie Group that compelled the production of audit files taken by a partner from the accounting giant’s litigation room, in a ruling that described the actions of the partner as “bordering on contempt” and slammed Deloitte for “cynically” exploiting the situation.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

‘Cheeky’ and deceptively similar: Down N’ Out infringed In-N-Out Burger’s trade mark, judge says
Intellectual Property 2020-02-26 7:11 pm By Miklos Bolza

An Australian burger chain launched as a tribute to the popular American burger franchise In-N-Out has lost a trade mark infringement lawsuit, with a judge finding its name choice was “deceptively similar” and “cheeky”.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Costly IP cases could make Australian courts look bad, Dynastat patent judge says
Intellectual Property 2020-02-26 5:52 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge overseeing patent litigation over the painkiller Dynastat has urged the parties to narrow any issues in dispute, saying the excessive amounts of money spent in these types of cases could harm public perception.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Sacked AMP lawyer demands details of alleged performance concerns
Employment 2020-02-26 3:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former AMP general counsel Larissa Cook, who is suing the financial services giant for alleged bullying, wants her former employer to provide details of claims in its defence that senior executives raised concerns about her conduct and that her performance was being “managed”.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?