Judges

Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona has lost its bid to transfer a dispute over a $511 million waste-to-energy facility in East Rockingham, with a judge finding no overlap with another matter in the Federal Court. 

A judge has made a class closure order in a shareholder case against software company Nuix and underwriter Macquarie Capital, but rejected a bid to keep the order in operation until trial.

Home retailer Bed Bath N’ Table has asked the High Court to reverse a Full Court judgment that found retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.

In the latest class action loss, a judge has said that $165 million in fees charged to members by NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees was corporate revenue “with which it was free to deal as it saw fit".

Element Zero has denied claims that three former Fortescue employees, including one executive, misused confidential information and developed a green iron process on the company dime.

Toyota has denied a class action’s claims that devices installed in its vehicles were intended to cheat emissions tests, maintaining that they were designed to protect engines from damage.

Debt management business Solve My Debt Now will admit liability in action by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleging customers were worse off after using its services. 

A class action against NAB unit NULIS Nominees over adviser fees charged to superannuation fund members should be dismissed, a judge has found.

A new practice note prohibiting the use of AI in certain circumstances is needed to guard against "laziness" in the legal profession, says NSW Supreme Court Chief Justice Andrew Bell.

The judge overseeing class actions against Uber has approved a $271.8 million settlement, which includes an $82 million deduction for the funder and $39 million for the firm that ran the cases.