Judges

Four group members have resolved their challenges to settlement payouts in a franchisee class action against 7-Eleven, and a judge has accepted he need not review the confidential deals. 

Star Entertainment has come up short in its $4 million case against Buildcorp Group over alleged defective construction and refurbishment work on the gambling giant's Sydney casino.

The child of a Holocaust survivor, barrister Gregory Sirtes has been sworn in as a judge on the NSW Supreme Court, saying his appointment was the "tiniest repayment" for the opportunities given to his Hungarian Jewish family as post-war migrants.

A director of med tech start-up Strongroom AI is claiming privilege against self-incrimination in a case by venture capital firm EVP seeking to recoup its $10.4 million investment.

An appeals court has thrown out mining billionaire and AMCI co-founder Hans Mende's challenge to a ruling that found his decision to sack the group's Australian managing director was invalid.

The state of Victoria wants $24 million in security for costs from the applicant in a class action over its COVID-19 hotel quarantine fiasco, citing concerns about recovering costs from the US-based Quinn Emanuel entity that's funding the case.

A law firm partner working on a shareholder class action over the collapse of Blue Sky Alternative Investments has faced cross-examination by counsel for auditor EY over alleged delays in seeking to amend the case.

The corporate regulator is challenging insurer IAG's claims of legal professional privilege over a technical report in proceedings over allegedly misleading loyalty discounts.

The High Court has dismissed appeals brought by Labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, which challenged their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has argued she should be dismissed from a dispute with a neighbour at her Sundown Valley cattle station over a fence, with the neighbor telling a judge no lawyer will represent her in the dispute with the billionaire.