A shareholder class action against livestock exporter Wellard is seeking approval for a $23 million settlement which will see only $7.86 million go to group members, telling the court that the funder and law firm that ran the case have agreed to take a haircut on the deductions they’re entitled to.
The Kingdom of Spain has been ordered to pay over $50,000 in security on an interlocutory application, with a judge finding the country âdeserves no sympathyâ following its failure to satisfy a judgment debt of some $200 million.
The Australian Football League has asked a court to stay an individual lawsuit brought by a âtotally incapacitatedâ former Western Bulldogs player until a related class action on behalf of players who allegedly suffered brain injuries is decided.
A judge is planning to consolidate an employee class action and a union case against McDonaldâs, saying the union can take a payout from any settlement, similar to how a funder receives a commission.Â
Former AFL player and sports presenter Warren Tredea has failed in his $1.5 million breach of contract case against Channel 9, which terminated an agreement with him for refusing to have a COVID-19 vaccine.
A judge has issued a self-executing order for the dismissal of a patent infringement lawsuit against Monster Energy if the inventor who brought the case fails to pay $350,000 in security for the beverage giant’s costs within two weeks.
Defunct investment firm Blue Sky has denied a class actionâs claims that it misled shareholders ahead of its 2019 collapse and has pointed the finger at auditor EY.
The theatre company behind a 2014 production of the Rocky Horror picture show has lost its bid to throw out actor Christie Whelan’s claims that she was victimised after allegedly suffering sexual harassment by fellow actor Craig McLachlan.Â
The minority shareholder in Sydney restaurant Machiavelli Ristorante Italiano has lost his bid to review the company books in anticipation of bringing a second winding up application, after the relationship between the restaurant’s co-owners broke down.
A special leave application by the Catholic diocese fighting to overturn a Full Federal Court judgment that two school teachers were entitled to backdated pay rises has failed.