Events

Qantas has agreed to pay $105 million to settle a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who allegedly never received refunds after their flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A class action on behalf of tens of thousands of KFC workers who were allegedly denied rest breaks has settled for around $29 million. 

The High Court is set to weigh in on part of an 1881 law invalidated by the NSW Court of Appeal when the state premier’s chief of staff skirted a bid to compel him to give evidence to a parliamentary committee.

A judge has approved a settlement with KPMG in a shareholder class action over the collapse of mining company CuDeco, as well as a distribution scheme that will see payments to the funder but not group members.

The High Court has agreed to hear Otsuka's appeal of a decision that revoked its Abilify patent extension, which Otsuka argued would “lead to a groundswell of court proceedings”.

Developer Robert Filippini, who is suspected of fraudulently receiving investor money from defunct Keystone Asset Management, is seeking to appeal an extension of freezing orders over family trusts that hold property and several luxury cars.

Australian designer Katie Taylor has won her High Court appeal in a fight with pop star Katy Perry over the right to trade mark her name, with the court saying a Full Court ruling in Perry's favour "rewarded the wrongdoers".

A judge has granted the first-ever application to vary a contingency fee in a class action that has yet to reach settlement or judgment, but has warned his decision doesn't set a precedent for “routine variation” of group costs orders. 

A court has found that Racing NSW's appointment of an administrator to the owner of Sydney's Randwick Racecourse over financial concerns was invalid.

Acciona has won $2.1 million from Zurich Insurance and two other insurers in a case alleging it was entitled to indemnity after severe weather events damaged work on the Bruce Highway project in Queensland.