A judge has ordered Transport for NSW to only pay 65 per cent of the costs of a class action over Sydneyâs $3 billion light rail construction, finding it was not inappropriate to apportion costs even though the plaintiffs were largely successful.
A class action trial over Sydneyâs $3 billion light rail has been pushed off to next month after the applicantâs eleventh-hour amendments, but a judge has warned the parties they should wrap up the case by the end of the year..
Franchisees of the Hogâs Breath Cafe restaurant chain are challenging a ruling that they hand over $1.23 million in security for the defence costs of the franchisor in their class action.
Franchisees of the Hogâs Breath Cafe restaurant chain must pay $1.23 million in security for legal costs in their class action against the franchisor, and the matter is stayed until they can pony up the first installment.
Franchisees of Hogâs Breath Cafe restaurant chain have been accused of âcrying poorâ by claiming COVID-19 robbed their restaurants of the cash flow required to pay security for costs in a class action launched against master franchisor HBCA.
Count Financial has failed in its bid to put a former financial advisor’s insurers on the hook for a $15.3 million lawsuit brought by his former clients, as the accounting services company seeks to claw back its losses allegedly resulting from the advisor’s breaches of his duty of care and skill.
A court has ruled that a litigation funder backing an unsuccessful real estate lawsuit by two broke plaintiffs must cover the legal costs after finding that the funder’s goals in the case were “more to serve its own commercial and financial ends” than to assist its clients.