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The Federal Court won't permit a Melbourne-based judge to travel to Sydney on the dime of the parties in a class action against wealth management group Colonial First State, but will foot the bill itself.
An appeal by billionaire Clive Palmer and his mining company Mineralogy has succeeded in reinstating parts of their defence attacking the state of mind of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC in allegedly applying commercial pressure over the $5.8 billion Sino Iron project in Western Australia.
As we reach the 30-year anniversary of the modern form of class action in Australia, an enduring characteristic of class action practice in this country is that the area is not well-suited to those who enjoy certainty or predictability, say Jason Betts, Aoife Xuereb and Melissa Gladstone-Joyce of Herbert Smith Freehills.
The maker of Mother brand energy drinks has filed an appeal challenging a judge's decision to remove two of its registered 'Mother' trade marks for non-use.
Settlement talks in a class action brought by Shine Lawyers against Astora Women's Health on behalf of women injured by allegedly defective pelvic mesh products are "well advanced", while mediation in two similar actions is ongoing, a court has heard.
The ACCC got what it wanted when IVF providers Virtus Health and Healius terminated a proposed $45 million merger, but it wasn't a win, a judge has said in mostly denying the regulator's bid to recover the costs of its court challenge to the deal.
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has strengthened its financial services practice by luring two seasoned partners from Minter Ellison.
Judgments shooting down a class closure order and nixing notice of a possible class closure order were "plainly wrong" and "infected" by faulty reasoning, the Full Federal Court has heard.
A decision by Qantas to outsource its ground staff was not timed to head off industrial action by the Transport Workers' Union, the Full Federal Court has heard as the airline seeks to overturn a finding that it engaged in adverse action when it terminated around 1,800 employees last year.
A court has shut down action by the CFMEU on behalf of coal miners who were rostered to work Christmas Day and Boxing Day at the Daunia Mine in central Queensland in 2019.