Online marketplace Redbubble has succeeded on appeal in cutting down the damages it owes to Hells Angels from over $78,000 to just $100, following a finding that it violated the motorcycle groupās trade marks.
The law firm behind a class action against Insurance Australia Group has secured a group costs order that will give it 30 per cent of any proceeds — a contingency fee rate six percentage points higher than the median rate for shareholder cases.
A judge has ordered soft class closure ahead of mediation in a class action against five major banks over alleged foreign exchange rate-rigging, saying the applicant’s subjective view on what will assist mediation should not be imposed on the banks.
A judge has questioned the applicantās opposition to soft class closure in a class action accusing five major banks of rate-rigging, a measure the banks say could save ātens of millionsā in legal expenses.Ā
A judge has railed against insurer QBE after it sent an email to brokers saying it could āin effect ignoreā the courtās request that they notify clients about a class action on behalf of businesses that were denied business interruption coverage for COVID-19 related shutdowns.Ā
National Australia Bank has lost its bid to shield a case by a Melbourne gold bullion dealer after a judge said one of the bankās arguments for suppression had āthe air of a Kafka novelā.
REST Super faces a class action alleging the supererannuation trustee deducted premiums for income protection insurance that provided no benefit to members.
The High Court has granted special to leave to a class action against Ford over allegedly PowerShift transmissions, agreeing to hear the case alongside two appeals in a class action against Toyota that deal with how reduction in value damages should be calculated under the Australian Consumer Law.
A former PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has sued the firm for denying him retirement payments for moving to alleged competitor DLA Piper and for his alleged involvement in the firmās tax leaks crisis.
Russiaās largest aluminium producer UC Rusal has lost a breach of contract lawsuit brought against six Rio Tinto companies after they refused to deliver alumina under a joint venture agreement on the basis that doing so would cause them to run afoul of export sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine.