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Multiplex sues Star-owned consortium over $2.6B Queenā€™s Wharf construction
Construction 2023-08-21 3:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Star Entertainment joint venture has been hit with a lawsuit by the Queensland arm of Multiplex Constructions over alleged costs overruns in the construction for a multi-billion-dollar resort in Brisbane.Ā 

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Norovirus class action defeats Carnival’s latest strike-out bid
Class Actions 2023-08-16 11:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against Carnival over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship has defeated the cruise operatorā€™s second strike out bid, with a judge saying the failure to identify what exactly went wrong ā€œmay not be fatalā€ to the case.

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$6M suit over Latitude trampoline park share sale thrown out
Contracts 2023-07-18 5:21 pm By Gareth Baker

A Chinese businessman behind the Latitude indoor trampoline park chain has failed in a lawsuit against his Australian co-investor, after claiming a share sale agreement between the two was breached when his partner decided to sell the business to competitor Bounce.Ā 

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TEG settles with Rangers in $3M suit over abandoned Sydney tour
Contracts 2023-07-17 4:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sports promoters TEG Live and Left Field Live have reached a settlement in a $3 million suit against Scotland’s Rangers Football Club, with the pair announcing a three-year international touring partnership.

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Class action slams Carnival’s ‘bizarre’ bid for law firm’s strategy docs
Class Actions 2023-06-29 11:00 pm By Gareth Baker

A Shine Lawyers class action over norovirus outbreaks on Carnivalā€™s Sun Princess cruise ship has called an attempt to see documents outlining its strategy for the case ā€œabusiveā€ and ā€œbizarreā€, as the cruise operator continues its fight to have the suit struck out.Ā 

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Crown backpays $1.2M to employees wrongly classified as award-free
Employment 2023-06-23 4:36 pm By Gareth Baker

Casino operator Crown Resorts has agreed to backpay employees more than $1.2 million, after the company notified the Fair Work Ombudsman that it had underpaid workers at its Melbourne and Perth locations for almost six years.Ā 

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Judge ‘very concerned’ by delay, miscommunication in P&O Cruises cases
Personal injury 2023-06-22 3:30 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has expressed her concern over delays in a suite of cases filed against P&O Cruises by holidaymakers who were seriously injured in a fatal bus collision in Vanuatu in 2016.

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Bid for security in Shine’s no win, no fee cruise class action may not be ‘hopeless’
Class Actions 2023-06-15 11:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Shine Lawyers has been ordered to hand over its costs agreement with the lead applicant in a class action over norovirus outbreaks on Carnival’s Sun Princess cruise ship, amid a likely plan by the cruise operator to seek security for costs in the no win, no fee class action.

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Singer Katy Perry appeals loss in trade mark stoush with Aussie designer
Appeals 2023-06-13 9:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Pop star Katy Perry has appealed her loss in a long-running trade mark fight with an Australian fashion designer over the right to use her name to sell clothing in Australia.

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Targets of Pokemon’s IP lawsuit were victims of identity theft, court told
Intellectual Property 2023-06-02 3:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

The defendants in a trade mark infringement case by the Pokemon Company were the victims of identity theft and were wrongly named in the suit, a court has heard.

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