Personal lender ClearLoans has lost its bid to strike out claims in ASICâs first case related to the COVID-19 pandemic after a judge found the regulatorâs action, which accuses the lender of breaching the hardship provisions of the credit laws, was âsufficiently clearâ.
Avant Insurance has lost a bid to pause an order that it pay $371,000 in the legal costs of a surgeon facing a class action by breast implant patients of defunct clinic the Cosmetic Institute while the insurer’s appeal is pending.
The judge overseeing ASICâs first COVID-19-related case has criticised personal lender ClearLoansâ delay in responding to the case, saying a change in the company’s legal representation was not an excuse for defaulting on court orders.
The judge overseeing class actions against Commonwealth Bank over its money laundering compliance failures has threatened to force the parties to go to trial by a certain date if they can’t agree to “sensible” time limits to ready the case for hearing, noting he would reach retirement age in 2024.
GetSwift has reached an agreement to settle a shareholder class action accusing the logistics company of misleading statements over contracts, avoiding a trial that was set to begin in two months.
Coffee capsule machine manufacturer Caffitaly has saved one of its coffee pod patents from a finding of invalidity, in a partially successful appeal of a ruling that stripped three of its patents from the Australian register.
Payday lender Cigno has lost its appeal of a ruling which upheld ASICâs first product intervention order banning the use of short-term lending models with âexcessiveâ fees.
GetSwift is opposing a bid by the lead shareholder in a class action to rely at an upcoming trial on evidence given by overseas witnesses in last yearâs hearing in ASICâs case, and its resistance could force the class to bring a separate case in the US to compel fresh testimony, a court has heard.
A judge has given Generic Health more time to file its evidence in a multimillion-dollar dispute with drug makers Otsuka and Bristol-Myers Squibbs over the delayed launch of generic versions of their antipsychotic drug Abilify, but warned there had to be a cut-off point for preparing the decade-long dispute for trial.
The association behind over 1,300 clubs in NSW has won court permission to use documents produced in its breach of confidentiality lawsuit against whistleblower Troy Stolz in two other proceedings brought by the former compliance auditor for Fair Work contraventions, defamation and workers compensation.