Events

The Commonwealth Bank has avoided a separate hearing over its cross-appeal in shareholder class actions that have reached the High Court.

The High Court has dismissed Sunshine Loans' second attempt to have a judge recuse himself from a penalty hearing in ASIC’s case against the payday lender, despite his criticism of a witness due to give further evidence.

The Commonwealth has hit back at a class action’s appeal over its 2011 live exports ban, denying that it caused Indonesia to mistrust Australia and had lied to an Indonesian minister about the ban. 

A class action over the government’s live exports ban is appealing a finding that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia absent the prohibition, saying the judge failed to fully appreciate the “unheralded” ban.

Victoria will pay $125 million in a settement finalised on Monday in a class action over the state's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program.

A court has ordered Macquarie Securities to pay an agreed $35 million penalty after finding that “serious deficiencies" in its reporting systems resulted in repeated failures to accurately report short sales.

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on the 'honest claim of right' defence for property offences, after an appeals court handed a win to an Indigenous man who cleared native vegetation on government-owned land under a mistaken understanding of his native title rights.

A director of collapsed builder Shangri-La Construction who was found personally liable for $3.2 million in rectification costs for combustible cladding in a Melbourne apartment complex has failed to pass on his costs to his insurers. 

The builder and the developer of Sydney's 'The Eliza' apartment building have sought special leave with the High Court after they lost their challenge to a referee report that found it was reasonable for the owners to block them from rectifying defects.

The NSW Valuer General has lost its appeal of a decision upholding a challenge to eight land value determinations, with an appeals court finding that the Valuation of Land Act does not require the use of any specific method to determine land value.