Judges

A judge has questioned why group members in a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts must wait until mid-2026 to receive the first slice of a $73 million settlement, which has already been paid by the casino operator.

A judge has hacked Maurice Blackburn’s promised cut of an $87 million settlement in a class action against Hino Motors, saying the 24.66 per cent group costs order previously approved by the court would result in a “disproportionate return” to the firm.

An entity associated with James Crawford, the director of defunct Sydney builder Quasar Constructions, has been ordered to disclose all of its assets to the company's liquidators as they look to track down funds from the sale of properties.

A judge has ordered Adina West Melbourne to pay $2.3 million to Trenerry's West End LandCo, including $1 million in unpaid rent, despite finding COVID-19 lockdowns were a force majeure event under the lease.

The applicant in a class action by former RAMS franchisees can't intervene in proceedings by ASIC against the defunct Westpac mortgage unit, with a judge finding the outcome of the ASIC case will not affect the class action.

Meta has lost its latest bid to strike out the consumer regulator’s case alleging it failed to put up “reasonable safeguards” to prevent scam cryptocurrency ads on its Facebook platform.

The Full Federal Court has tossed Latitude Finance and Harvey Norman's appeal of a ruling that found the retailer's ads touting 'interest free' payment methods were misleading. 

Two failed shareholder class actions against Commonwealth Bank have been returned to a judge to decide if 'no transaction' claims can still be pursued, a move CBA argues is a way to keep alive cases that are “truly dead”.

The directors of defunct Sharvain Facades have won a bid to narrow the scope of documents they must produce in a case by Commercial Freight and Logisticsw, which claims an equitable lien over real estate.

A judge has struck out builder CPB Contractor's “clearly untenable” claim against Transport for NSW for $63 million in delay costs for work on the Pacific Highway upgrade.