A trial set to start next week in a class action over Sydneyâs $3 billion delayed light rail could be pushed off until next year as the parties clash over an eleventh hour bid by the applicant to amend the case.
A COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess that left 28 people dead was âsomething that was very likely to happenâ and the cruise should never have sailed, a court heard as a class action trial against Carnival PLC kicked off.
A judge overseeing the trial in a shareholder class action against chain logistics company Brambles has questioned the company’s use of long-term financial forecasts.
Car dealers bringing a $650 million lawsuit against Mercedes over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model are seeking to access legal advice given to the car manufacturer on non-renewal notices at the heart of the case.
A court has directed a senior barrister acting in a $650 million lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz to âtear upâ a letter his instructing solicitors sent concerning the judge’s ownership of a Mercedes vehicle, and said he was “surprised” the counsel signed off on it.
Mercedes can’t access communications between Australia’s peak body for car dealers and a Labor senator to use in its defence of a $650 million lawsuit over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model.
A judge has rejected a bid by chain logistics company Brambles to allow two of its US-based witnesses to appear remotely at an upcoming trial in a shareholder class action, saying the executives should make the trip or give no evidence.
Officials at the Mercedes-Benz Australia head office referred to car dealers as âbaby pigletsâ in internal communications and threatened and bullied the retailers, a trial court has been told in a $650 million lawsuit over the car maker’s decision to move to a fixed-price agency model.
A judge has questioned why solicitors representing Twitter personality Stock Swami published a media release about his âbackstoryâ two days before trial in a defamation case brought by mining investor Tolga Kumova.
A judge overseeing a defamation case brought by Tolga Kumova against Twitter personality Stock Swami has said tweets the mining investor published which allegedly spruiked shares in which he invested were âclearly apt to misleadâ.