Law firm Maurice Blackburn is refusing to pay its lawyers over a planned partial work ban, practically shutting them out of work in a heated dispute over pay and reproductive leave.
A judge says his experience working alongside the law firm pursuing an investor class action against Origin Energy prior to his appointment to the bench does not disqualify him from hearing the case.
Suncorp has reached a settlement in a class action against unit AAI over add-on insurance, the insurer confirmed on Friday.
BHP has asked for more time to grapple with a shareholder class actionās amended pleading, saying the changes, if allowed, threaten to derail the trial start date in September.
A court has vacated a trial set to begin Monday in the class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance, suggesting a settlement is in the works.
GM has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden vehicles, but a judge has warned he won’t “take kindly” to pleading spats.
Trial in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance has been delayed as Maurice Blackburn works to secure a NAB bank guarantee to satisfy a $1.7 million security for costs order.
A class action against BHP can include in the group member definition investors who bought shares on secondary platforms, but the change can’t apply retroactively.
In deciding an evidentiary dispute in a shareholder class action against building materials giant Boral, a judge has sounded off over the increasing costs of expert evidence produced in group proceedings.
ABC managing director David Anderson has admitted in cross-examination that there was a āmissing stepā in former presenterās Antoinette Lattouf’s dismissal.