The judge overseeing a class action against Monsanto over its weed killer has rejected the agrochemical giant’s application to amend the common questions to be decided at a liability trial to account for its alternative defence.
A judge overseeing a $192.5 million settlement in an oil spill class action against PTTEP Australia on behalf of Indonesian seaweed farmers has balked at the āvery largeā costs sought by Maurice Blackburn for administering the deal, expressing concerns that class action costs are āgetting out of controlā.
Multiple class actions against Downer EDI over accounting irregularities might be bound for the High Court as complex legal questions swirl, a judge said on Wednesday.
A judge overseeing class actions against car makers Hyundai and Kia over alleged engine defects has dismissed the carmakersā bid to inspect the lead applicantsā vehicles before defences are filed in the proceedings.
Maurice Blackburn has defeated a former client’s bid for summary judgment in an āunusual caseā alleging the firm gave him bad advice concerning a personal injury claim against the state of Western Australia over assaults suffered in prison.
The Australian Workersā Union is targeting John Holland in a new test case alleging the construction giant prevented union officials from testing the levels of dangerous silica dust at its WestConnex tunnel project in Sydney.
An appeals court has found a seven-year non-competition clause in US tech giant DXC Eclipse’s agreement with the former director of Melbourne software firm Sable37, which it acquired in 2018, was unreasonable.
Customers of wealth manager Colonial First State were $10 million to $12 million better off without aĀ litigation funder in a class action over the slow transfer of accounts to low cost MySuper funds, a judge has found.
More class action law firms have pounced on Downer EDI’s “accounting irregularities” that led to the company overstating profits by up to $40 million.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will proceed with an investigation of a class action-style complaint brought by Maurice Blackburn over Medibank’s data breach.