Events

A construction law firm that is accused of overcharging a developer by $250,000 has lost its bid to stay cost assessment proceedings against it.

A judge has recused himself from hearing a 'sham contracting' case against Uber because he previously represented the rideshare giant in four similar matters when he was a barrister.

Following the failure of two class actions to prove market-based loss from the Commonwealth Bank’s disclosure breaches, the bank is fighting the class actions' bid to pursue individual ‘no transaction’ cases, saying they were “trying to keep something alive that is truly dead”.

Insurance giant Suncorp faces a class action investigation on behalf of millions of home and car insurance customers who were allegedly misled about their premiums and charged a so-called loyalty tax.

A judge has signed off on Westpac's $130 million settlement in a class action over flexible commissions paid to car dealers, bringing to an end three cases brought by Maurice Blackburn against lenders.

A supplier of power tools has taken Melbourne Airport's owner to court alleging a warehouse it constructed on leased premises at the airport's business park was defective and incapable of being occupied.

The owners of a landmark building in the Sydney suburb of Manly have lost their challenge to a decision which found they owed the local council over $419,000 in car park licence fees and damages for installing a roller door. 

A judge hearing a dispute over Emerald Resources' takeover of Bullseye Mining has rejected a bid by Bullseye's former executive director to enjoin Emerald from retaining lawyers that previously represented her for a period of three weeks in an unrelated dispute.

Noni B owner Mosaic Brands has been hit with a $25 million penalty for breaching consumer laws by failing to delivery 740,000 packages within the time frame specified on its website.

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis has appealed his loss in a defamation case against Fairfax and its owner Nine, after a judge found media reports of unethical and profit-driven promotion of an experimental procedure were substantially true.