A judge has appealed a ruling that put him on the hook for damages for ordering the wrongful imprisonment of a Queensland man and set off alarm bells and calls for legislation by the nation’s legal bodies.
In allowing Seven and chairman Kerry Stokes to challenge a ruling granting Fairfax access to 8,600 emails with accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smithâs legal team, a judge has said they will suffer prejudice if âpersonally embarrassingâ communications are put into evidence.Â
A traditional custodian has won her bid to halt seismic blasting for Woodsideâs Scarborough gas project off the coast of Western Australia, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santosâ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.
The firm and funder that ran a shareholder class action against Ardent Leisure over the 2016 Dreamworld tragedy are seeking deductions totalling more than half of the $26 million settlement reached in the case.
AMP has appealed its loss in a class action over changes to its buyer of last resort policy, under which the wealth manager slashed the amount it would pay financial advisers for their books of business.
A customer of non-bank lender Latitude Financial has filed a bid to join tech giants DXC Technology and Crowdstrike to her lawsuit claiming over $1 million in compensation from a cyberattack that compromised 14 million customer records.
Former premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian has filed a legal challenge to an ICAC report which found she and her ex-boyfriend, former member for Wagga Wagga Daryl Maguire, engaged in “serious corrupt conduct”.
A former top judge appointed to decide the first-ever contest to administer a class action settlement has set out his criteria for making the choice, and has warned that giving the firm running a case a monopoly right to dole out the proceeds could lead to higher costs for group members and poorer settlement outcomes.
General Motors has been accused of having âcarefully curatedâ its list of witnesses to avoid giving evidence about the car makerâs decision to stop supplying Holden-branded vehicles in Australia, as trial in a class action by Holden dealers kicks off.
Insurer JLT Risk Solutions won’t pay any compensation to resolve a long-running class action on behalf of Victorian councils, after defeating a similar class action in New South Wales.