A judge has questioned a contingency fee bid by Slater & Gordon in a class action against Insurance Australia, saying the risks of the case were inherent to almost every class action.
Insurer NRMA faces a Fair Work case by a former in-house lawyer who alleges she was dismissed after making a whistleblower complaint.
Wotton Kearney has welcomed a Clyde & Co partner and his team of six to bolster its Sydney-based insurance practice.
AMP has won its bid for more information on a class action’s allegations that it charged excessive insurance premiums, saying the applicant appeared to be “in search of a case”.
Clyde & Co has been hit with a lawsuit by insurers who say they were wrongly advised to indemnify a builder in a legal dispute.
A judge has found that former Orix CEO John Carter is not entitled to make claims under a D&O policy, saying he fraudulently failed to disclose to Chubb the payment of alleged secret bribes.
Insurer Marsh has wasted no time in appealing a ruling that it breached an obligation not to use documents discovered in litigation over the $7 billion collapse of Greensill in separate proceedings.
UK law firm DWF has recruited nine insurance partners from Hall & Wilcox to power its growth in Australia.
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.
Law firm HFW has hired two Sydney-based special counsel from Dentons and Meridan Lawyers to boost its growing insurance group.