The High Court has overturned a controversial decision that put a judge on the hook for a manās false imprisonment, finding that all judges are immune from civil suits for acts done in the performance of their judicial duties.
A second law firm has lodged class actions against Coles and Woolworths on the back of the consumer regulator’s claims that the supermarket giants’ discount campaigns were misleading.
Former NAB superannuation fund trustee NULIS is seeking the first ever award of indemnity costs in a class action that flopped following the rejection of a settlement offer.
Lendlease has abandoned its bid to purchase a parcel of land owned by one of Australiaās oldest families for well below market value as part of its project to develop 6,700 homes in Campbelltown, Sydney.
A senior barrister has reached a settlement with Telstra in his suit alleging the telco flagged his emails to Bigpond addresses as spam and failed to send them. In a suit filed in July in the Federal Circuit and Family Court, Brisbane-based silk Anthony Morris KC alleged that since an unknown date, estimated to be…
Energy company AGL is fighting a $25 million penalty imposed by a court for continuing to deduct payments from hundreds of welfare recipients after their accounts were closed.
A guarantor of developer Westgem Investments can amend her claim against Westpac and the Commonwealth Bank related to the financing for a commercial development in Perthās Raine Square.
CityLink operator CML has been overcharging Eastlink operator ConnectEast for āroaming feesā in an arrangement that allows customers to use one account over both toll roads, a court has found.
The Federal Court has slapped non-bank lender Firstmac with an $8 million penalty, the secondĀ doled out in ASIC proceedings for violations of the new design and distribution obligations.
A self-represented customer of Latitude Financial has lost his bid to challenge a decision throwing out his data breach lawsuit against the non-bank lender after he defaulted on court orders.