BHP has told an appeals court a shareholder class action should not be allowed to expand the group definition to correct an alleged drafting error.
Court action by the ACCC alleges mail order company Magnamail made misleading statements to hundreds of thousands of people about prizes they weren’t eligible to win.
Landmark High Court decisions in class actions against Toyota and Ford on how damages should be calculated for defective vehicles will spark more consumer class actions, a plaintiff lawyer told Lawyerly.
The corporate cop has launched a formal investigation after the airing of tax evasion allegations against Mineral Resources’ billionaire founder, Chris Ellison.
In the first case of its kind, a government agency has filed proceedings against education technology company Chegg, alleging it has breached laws designed to prohibit academic cheating.
The High Court has upheld appeals in class actions against Ford and Toyota over the calculation of damages for reduction in value of defective vehicles.
Slater and Gordon’s former HR head has filed a lawsuit claiming she was axed after raising concerns that the firm deliberately underpaid over $300,000 in leave entitlements.
The senior barrister expected to represent Bruce Lehrmann in his appeal of a judgment finding he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins wishes to remain unnamed for now, amid fears of trolling.
A novel bid to appeal the $112 million Robodebt class action settlement and bring new claims off the back of damning revelations in a royal commission report faces “significant hurdles”, a judge has said.
NAB has successfully opposed a US company’s bid to register a trade mark for ‘UWallet’, with IP Australia rejecting claims the bank was trying to establish a “de facto monopoly”.