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A judge has dismissed a portion of an applicant's claims in FWO and class action cases against Coles and Woolworths, while final declarations against the supermarket giants remain to be made, almost one year after the companies were found liable for $780 million in back pay.
Businesses in two cases against Lloyd's and QBE over COVID-19 losses have failed in an appeal of a ruling stripping the suits of class action status.
A judge has approved an $18.1 million settlement in an underpayments class action against Sydney Trains, with $2 million to be deducted for legal costs.
A judge has been asked to approve a revised $18.1 million settlement in an underpayments class action against Sydney Trains, reached after the registration of 260 new group members pushed the settlement above the agreed cap.
Woolworths has told a judge in an underpayments class action where its remediation costs could stretch to $330 million that sending a notice to group members reminding them to keep records would be “premature and potentially misleading”.
The start-up behind Hungry Jack's plant-based 'Rebel Whopper' has won court approval to patent a fake meat product after an opponent didn't participate in its appeal of an IP Australia ruling that held the patent lacked inventive step.
A defects class action against Ford that's been on foot since 2016 is headed to the Full Court again, after a judge recently ruled on two remaining issues in dispute following a High Court ruling on on how reduction in value damages should be calculated.
Mastercard has lost its challenge to a ruling requiring it to hand over communications about agreements with retailers in a misuse of market power case brought by the competition regulator.
A judge has criticised lawyers acting in underpayments cases against Coles and Woolworths for overly lengthy submissions and a lack of cooperation, saying the dispute has gone “off the rails”.
The Commonwealth has told a court it needs to interview 32 people before responding to a Fair Work Act case by Brittany Higgins’ former manager, Fiona Brown, who became a key witness in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial.