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Crown class action over Chinese arrests can’t block SkyCity share price evidence
Class Actions 2021-08-09 5:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

SkyCity’s announcement to shareholders about an employee’s interrogation by Chinese gambling authorities made little difference to the NZ casino operator’s share price, Crown Resorts has told a court in expert evidence ahead of a looming class action trial.

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Funder wants Full Court to throw out landmark class action ruling
Class Actions 2021-08-04 2:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The funder backing a class action accusing two energy generators of gaming Queensland’s energy prices wants the Full Court to find the landmark Brookfield Multiplex ruling, which held that a litigation funding arrangement for a class action was a managed investment scheme, was wrongly decided.

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High Court deals crushing defeat to casual workers
Employment 2021-08-04 10:51 am By Miklos Bolza

The High Court has found casual employees who work regular shifts are not entitled to paid annual, personal and compassionate leave under the Fair Work Act, putting the fate of seven class actions by casual miners in question.

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Full Court should decide whether Qld energy class action is managed investment scheme, court told
Class Actions 2021-08-02 3:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Court should determine whether a class action accusing two state-owned energy generators of gaming Queensland’s energy pricing system needs to comply with regulations requiring litigation funders to register class actions as managed investment schemes, a court has been told.

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Prospect of longer COVID-19 lockdown stalls Ben Roberts-Smith trial
Defamation 2021-08-02 12:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Trial in war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation case over articles accusing him of war crimes has been adjourned until November in light of the current COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney, which a judge noted could be extended beyond the month of August.

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‘He just hasn’t tried very hard’: Westpac slams Forum founder Bill Papas’ evidence of assets
Financial Services 2021-07-30 4:49 pm By Miklos Bolza

Westpac has told the Federal Court it has “grave concerns” about Forum Group founder Bill Papas’ evidence of his assets, contained in affidavits lodged on Thursday after weeks of non-compliance with a judge’s orders.

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Forum founder Bill Papas ‘needs money’ to return to Australia, lawyer tells court
Financial Services 2021-07-28 10:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Forum Group director Bill Papas intends to return to Australia to face $400 million fraud allegations but doesn’t have the funds for a flight home, his lawyer told the Federal Court Wednesday.

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Nine witness accused of lying for compensation in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial
Defamation 2021-07-28 2:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

A witness for two Nine-owned newspapers sued by Ben Roberts-Smith has been accused of fabricating a story that the war veteran kicked his step-uncle off a cliff before ordering him to be shot to gain compensation from the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission.

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Foreign troops were ‘infidels’, Afghan witness tells court in Ben-Roberts Smith defamation trial
Defamation 2021-07-27 7:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australian soldiers who raided a village in Afghanistan were “infidels” and the people they killed were “martyrs”, an Afghan villager related to a man allegedly murdered by veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court.

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‘The only viable path back to normal’: Law firms make push to vaccinate staff
COVID-19 2021-07-27 5:41 pm By Bianca Hrovat

While employers cannot force employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, law firms are launching campaigns to encourage staff to sign up for the jab.

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