Events

The litigation funder behind a class action against engineering firm CIMIC took a $4.7 million hit to its commission from a settlement after a dispute with the plaintiff's law firm, according to a decision published Friday.

A developer has won an extension of a freeze on $25 million held in escrow in its dispute with a builder over payment claims for a Main Beach high-rise, after it filed an appeal.

A group of Australia’s leading beef and dairy companies has failed to strike-out a suit alleging their genetic testing system for cattle infringes the patent of a US genomics company, with a judge rejecting objections to the phrase ‘further or in the alternative’.

Advisory firm Perpetual has lost its bid for an injunction against a former senior advisor after 22 of his long-time clients tried to follow him to a rival firm. 

Paint maker AkzoNobel must produce a document history log that includes embedded comments from its lawyers at Clayton Utz, in a dispute over alleged defective coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.

A BBC Studios Australia executive has sued her employer, alleging she was the victim of adverse action and discrimination after she exercised her workplace rights.

Qube has dropped its bid for a stay of an appeals court judgment that found it can't dodge a $71 million payment under the SOP Act to subcontractor Martinus Rail, made after the logistics company flagged a possible High Court appeal.

A failed class action against Queensland utilities Stanwell and CS Energy can't delay payment of what might be in excess of $30 million in defence costs while it pursues an appeal, but has dodged a penalty for running a case the companies said was hopeless.

A class action brought by investors of failed advisory firm Linchpin has reached a settlement with insurer AIG — the last remaining defendant in the case.

A judge has approved a $45.25 million settlement in a shareholder class action against engineering firm CIMIC over disclosures relating to its Middle East business.