PTTEP Australia’s appeal of a class action finding that it breached a duty of care to thousands of farmers impacted by the 2009 Montara oil spill has been put on hold amid a fight between the funder and lawyers that is cloaked in confidentiality.
US medical device manufacturer Boston Scientific has withdrawn a controversial gag clause from of its $105 million deal to settle a class action by women allegedly injured by pelvic mesh devices after a judge raised concerns about its legality.
A judge has savaged Shine Lawyers over its failure to present a signed settlement agreement to the court a month after Johnson & Johnson Medical and unit Ethicon agreed to pay $300 million to settle two pelvic mesh class actions, ordering the firm to explain on the record what steps have been taken to finalise the settlement.
Fintech Humm has admitted to making āmisrepresentationsā to Japanese bank SMBC over allegedly worthless receivables linked to Forum Finance but has denied it was negligent, claiming a Forum Group unit should share the burden of paying any damages in the $33.6 million lawsuit.
The applicant in an investor class action against Virgin Australia plans to appeal a judgeās decision requiring litigation funder Balance Legal Capital UK to give the airline an indemnity in order to bring the proceedings, saying the indemnity āsubstantially changes the risk calculus” for group members.
The judge overseeing a class action against US medical device maker Boston Scientific is considering appointing a contradictor to look over the $105 million settlement reached in the case, despite seeing no obvious obstacle to approving the deal.
A judge overseeing mining magnate Clive Palmerās latest spat with the West Australian government has declined to issue an injunction preventing the state from enforcing liabilities against Palmerās companies Mineralogy and International Minerals under the controversial āPalmer Actā.
A potentially stultifying order for $1.23 million in security for costs in a class action against the Hog’s Breath Cafe restaurant chain has survived a challenge by the franchisees.
A judge has questioned how the government can enforce a ārestrictiveā undertaking with a former member of the Australian Defence Force who will give key evidence in a class action alleging the Commonwealth contaminated Indigenous land with toxic firefighting foam.
A judge has ruled that a litigation funder for an investor class action against Virgin must give the airline an indemnity to bring proceedings despite finding a deed of company arrangement requiring the pay-out ādidnāt make senseā.