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Are group costs orders a factor in deciding a bid to transfer a class action? Can the orders survive the move to an inhospitable state? These questions are to be decided by the High Court Wednesday, in a ruling that will clarify the relevance and reach of Victoria's contingency fee regime.
A judge has consolidated two class actions against Insurance Australia over alleged misleading loyalty discounts and rejected the insurer’s objection to the inclusion of documents produced by ASIC in the first-filed case.
A judge has rejected claims from Super Retail Group's former top lawyer that suppression orders over details of an alleged settlement should be lifted so she can respond to the company's "defamatory" version of events in the media, calling her claims "a bare assertion".
The Port of Newcastle has lost its bid to move a lawsuit filed by Glencore Coal over $870,000 in alleged overcharged shipping fees to the Federal Court.
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Transgrid contractor Elecnor unlawfully denied the Electrical Trades Union access to 47 migrant workers on Australia’s largest transmission project, a court has found.
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Developer Bathla has won approval for a 20-storey commercial tower in Blacktown, NSW following a conciliation conference with the council.
A delegate has ordered the removal of Macquarie's 'Macbank' trade mark, finding no evidence of use in the course of trade despite the moniker being widely used to refer to the bank colloquially.
The plaintiff in an unsuccessful class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive device wants to see whether she can avoid paying costs in the case before deciding on whether to appeal the loss.