An appeals court has dismissed a challenge brought by a Snap Fitness franchisee to a ruling that found insurer Lloydâs could rely on a conformity clause in its policy to deny business interruption coverage to the NSW gym for losses related to COVID-19.
Fighting what they say is a stultifying $1.23 million order for security for defence costs in a class action, franchisees of Hog’s Breath Cafe have argued it is up to the restaurant chain to prove group members can pony up the dough.
A Federal Court judge has recused himself from hearing a fraud trial against Forum Finance, after expressing that he had an âunfavourableâ impression of director Vince Tesoriero’s reliability as a witness.
A judge has raised concerns that AMP Financial Planning has not compensated customers for allegedly failing to prevent life insurance churning, directing the firm to explain the âvanishingly smallâ number of people who have been remediated.
A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against GetSwift has said the settlement and company itself have âcollapsedâ after the logistics business went into liquidation and failed to make the last of the upfront payments due under the dealâs $1.5 million cash component.
WA premier Mark McGowan has won the legal costs of running his defamation cross-claim against businessman Clive Palmer after a judge learned McGowan made a walk-away settlement offer in December last year.
A shareholder class action against Ernst & Young over its alleged inflation of assets owned by sandalwood producer Quintis has argued the accounting firm should be allowed only one expert witness, who should collaborate with a competing expert chosen by the investors.
Virgin Airlines has argued a litigation funderâs indemnity for its legal costs is not enough for it to bring a class action on behalf of bond holders over a 2019 prospectus, claiming the airline expects to spend more than $5 million defending the proceedings.
A court has awarded Western Australia premier Mark McGowan and mining billionaire Clive Palmer paltry sums in their defamation battle, with a judge finding that Palmer suffered âvery little damageâ to his reputation.
A judge was wrong to find that Mazda’s treatment of customers with faulty vehicles was appalling but not unconscionable, and nowhere in his ruling is there an explanation for the distinction, the consumer regulator has told an appeals court.