A judge has cut Slater & Gordon’s 33% contingency fee in a class action against Insurance Australia, saying it was too high since there was nothing “particularly novelâ about the case.
Law firm Gordon Legal has filed a tenth class action on behalf of junior doctors in Victoria who were allegedly underpaid for shift work, after several landmark wins in similar cases.Â
Foxtel has successfully opposed a research firm’s bid to register ‘originals IQ’ as a trade mark, with a delegate finding it was similar to the pay TV giantâs mark for its iQ set top boxes.
A court has dismissed Mt Arthur Coalâs attempt to tender unserved affidavits at trial in a miner’s personal injury case, agreeing that it would amount to “trial by ambush”.
General Motors is facing a class action over Holden vehicles allegedly fitted with faulty transmission systems over the last 13 years.Â
In the latest case of a ruling being reversed for copying and pasting, a judge has quashed the AATâs decision to cancel a student visa for failing to bring an independent mind to the issues.
Jetstar has hit back at a class action over COVID-19 flights cancellations, denying that it used âunfair tacticsâ to avoid providing the refunds customers say they were owed.
A class action against implant maker Exactech has been stayed in light of its US bankruptcy, but a carve out allows the firm that brought the case to continue settlement negotiations.
Baker McKenzie has welcomed back a seasoned banking and finance partner after his five-year stint at Hogan Lovells came to an end when the firm decided to close its Sydney office.Â
Transport for NSW has asked the High Court to weigh in on when land is acquired for a ‘public purpose’, in a dispute over the value of land acquired near the Western Sydney Airport.