A judge has denied an āinvasiveā bid to search hospitality giant Merivaleās payroll systems ahead of an upcoming mediation in a $129 million underpayment class action covering 13,500 employees.
A solicitor running two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven āretaliatedā against a group member who objected to a $98 million settlement and issued a late $6.5 million legal bill to benefit a litigation funder, a court has heard.
A $98 million settlement reached in two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven is āappropriate” given the likelihood that the convenience store giant would have lost at trial, according to a contradictor who urged the court to reject a $25 million cut sought by the funder that backed the litigation.
The operators of Sydney’s Lane Cove Tunnel can rely on new expert evidence in their lawsuit against Thiess, John Holland and CIMIC over alleged defects in the construction of the billion-dollar tunnel, with a judge finding there is a public interest in discovering the true cause of any defects.
Litigation funder Galactic should receive a $15 million commission for its work on two franchisee class actions against convenience store giant 7-Eleven, instead of the $25 million it has asked for, a court has heard.
The High Court will clarify the so-called peak indebtedness rule used by liquidators recouping payments to unsecured creditors, granting a special leave application brought by the liquidators of collapsed forestry giant Gunns Group.
Environmental groups fighting to protected the threatened greater glider have defeated VicForestsā bid for security for costs after a judge found the orders would āstifleā litigation in the public interest.
Teleco contractor BSA has reached an in-principle settlement resolving a class action that accuses the company of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors.
The liquidator of collapsed vocational education provider Careers Australia can serve its lawsuit on two of the companyās former directors now living overseas, after a judge found a prima facie case of insolvent trading and breaches of directors duties had been made out.
Johnson Winter & Slattery has bolstered its growing cyber practice with the appointment of a leading data privacy lawyer from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.