The Full Court has granted a bid for a costs certificate by a former Atanaskovic Hartnell general manager whose win in an employment suit was overturned due to a judge’s “uncritical copying and pasting” of submissions.
Coles and Woolworths have been hit with class actions on the back of ACCC proceedings alleging the grocery giants misled consumers with false discounts.
A judge has balked at a suggestion by group members appealing a $112 million Robodebt class action settlement that the Commonwealth could represent the interests of people content with the deal.
ASIC has attacked an appeal argument by payday lenders BSF Solutions and Cigno that athough they offered short-term loans, the fees they charged had no link to the credit services.
A judge has found that Telstra did not violate disability discrimination laws when it put a hard-of-hearing Triple-0 operator on leave after she failed a hearing test.
A unit of insurer Marsh breached its obligation not to use documents discovered in litigation over the $7 billion collapse of Greensill by using them in an anti-suit injunction bid in the UK, a court has found.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has lost its patent infringement case against Sydney-based generics company Pharmacor over a top-selling heart medication.
Facing a probe by the corporate regulator, mining giant Mineral Resources has admitted that it should have disclosed transactions relating to managing director Chris Ellison’s company.
The law firm running a class action against ANZ and superannuation trustee OnePath wants a 29.4 per cent cut of the $50 million settlement, having run the case on a no win, no fee basis.
ASIC wants the Full Court to overturn a finding that Noumi waived privilege over a PwC report produced under a voluntary disclosure regime, arguing the regime benefits the public in making investigations more efficient.