Ophthalmic diagnostic device manufacture ObjectiVision can’t file amended claims for damages following a trial in a copyright and contract case against the University of Sydney, with a judge saying the school would be “severely prejudiced” if the new claims were allowed.
A barrister for a class action against Radio Rentals has told the Federal Court the company’s “strange” lease contracts may have been worded solely to avoid its obligations under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.
In a case that hinges on the evidence of expert witnesses, the judge overseeing the class action over the 2011 Queensland floods has partly upheld an objection to a revised report by the state of Queensland’s expert regarding an error in the flood-modelling by the plaintiff’s expert witness.
Ophthalmic diagnostic device maker ObjectiVision’s amended claims for damages, filed after a 25-day patent hearing, are “outlandish” and “unfair,” the University of Sydney has told the Federal Court.
The alleged masterminds behind the $130 million Plutus Payroll tax fraud have been barred by the Full Federal Court from using insurance to cover their $300,000 legal bill in two criminal proceedings.
The country’s biggest law firms were among the first in line to weigh in on changes to the class action regime proposed by the Australian Law Reform Commission, with one global firm cautioning against a weakening of continuous disclosure laws.
The applicants in a class action against Radio Rentals alleging its rental practices violate responsible lending laws say the company is dragging its feet on discovery, after the company accused the applicants’ lawyers of using discovery to delay the case.
Europcar has been hit with an enforcement action by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accusing the rental car company of slapping customers with excessive credit and debit card payment surcharges.
A barrister representing Radio Rentals in a class action alleging its rental practices violated responsible lending laws has told a Federal Court judge that repeated delays by the Maurice Blackburn-led class could damage the company.
The judge overseeing a class action against dam operators Seqwater and Sunwater and the state of Queensland over the 2011 Queensland floods has thrown out part of an engineer’s risk assessment report on the dams submitted by Seqwater, as the marathon trial nears the end of its sixth month.