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ASIC has ‘limited success’ in case against funeral insurer, wins $1.2M penalty
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-05 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has order ACBF Funeral Plans to pay $1.2 million for misleading its First Nations customers, a penalty less than one-fifth the fine sought by ASIC.

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Mere mention of Viagra doesn’t equal harassment, court finds
Employment 2023-09-05 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that the mere mention of the drug Viagra in the workplace does not constitute sexual harassment, in a lawsuit brought against retail chain Bing Lee.

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EY hits back at lawsuit by former APAC director
Employment 2023-09-05 2:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

EY has responded to a lawsuit by a former Asia Pacific director who claims she was fired after making complaints of bullying, harassment and discrimination.

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Monsanto to attack decades of science in Roundup class action, court told
Trials 2023-09-04 10:25 pm By Sam Matthews

On the first day of a seven-week trial, the applicant in a class action against Monsanto has taken aim at the agrochemical giant’s “same old approach” to undermining decades of evidence it says demonstrates the cancer-causing properties of popular weed killer Roundup.

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Nine’s stories on surgeon the ‘opposite of public interest’, court told
Trials 2023-09-04 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A top orthopaedic surgeon and former NSW Australian of the year has argued in his defamation case against Nine that stories detailing his alleged negligence misled the public about medical issues and were the “opposite of public interest” journalism. 

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Roberts-Smith’s case an abuse of process, Fairfax tells court in costs bid
Defamation 2023-09-04 2:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith should pay all costs reasonably incurred by Fairfax in successfully defending itself in his defamation case, which took more than 100 trial days and was an abuse of process, a court has heard.

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Solicitor found in contempt for withholding passwords from watchdog
Business of Law 2023-09-04 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Melbourne lawyer has been found guilty of two counts of contempt of court for failing to share logins and passwords to his firm’s computer records to an auditor appointed by Victoria’s legal watchdog.

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Vasta judgment prompts calls for judicial immunity legislation
Analysis 2023-09-01 5:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Legal bodies have expressed alarm at the implications of a ruling that put a judge on the hook for damages for ordering the wrongful imprisonment of a Queensland man and have called for legislative action, but one expert says the judgment is unlikely to open the floodgates.

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Bayer’s Monsanto takes Roundup class action to trial
Trials 2023-09-01 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Agrochemical giant Monsanto is digging in for a fight in a class action over its alleged carcinogenic weed killer, Roundup, having refused to budge in mediation despite a $16 billion settlement in the US.

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Lights out on Hanhwa’s solar cell patent infringement suit
Intellectual Property 2023-09-01 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

A solar cell patent at the heart of intellectual property litigation brought by South Korean technology giant Hanwha has been found invalid.

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