Accounting firm KPMG has asked the High Court for a second time to weigh in on the relevance of a contingency fee order made in a Victoria Supreme Court class action to its bid to transfer the case to NSW.
Giving testimony during the first day of trial in his case against Network Ten, Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann said he suffered significant mental health struggles after the broadcaster aired allegations he raped fellow staffer Brittany Higgins at Parliament House.
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has settled his defamation case against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation over coverage of the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins on the first day of trial, with proceedings to continue against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.Â
The state of Queensland has urged the High Court to step in after a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge was held personally liable for a man’s false imprisonment.
A judge has given the green light to a $11 million settlement in a class action against retirement village provider Aveo, but reserved his decision about whether a contested amount of over $1 million should go to group members or the law firm that brought the case.
Personal injury law firm Gerard Malouf & Partners has hit back at Maurice Blackburnâs challenge to its class action experience in a fight for carriage of a class action against a Toyota unit, saying the top US firm it has partnered with to run the case trumped the major Australian plaintiff firm “on every conceivable dimensionâ.
Nine has agreed to pay Euro Pacific CEO Peter Schiff $550,000 to settle a defamation suit brought over a 60 Minutes report on an international tax evasion investigation, avoiding a contested hearing on the damages bill in the case.
A judge has reluctantly granted extensions in a class action over QSuperâs alleged failure to notify members of changes to its premiums, saying the delay in the two-year old case was “very disappointing”.
The High Court has denied special leave to the Commonwealth on behalf of employees of collapsed fintech Spitfire in a battle over $2 million in research and development tax refunds.
Independent Sydney member Alex Greenwich and politician Mark Latham have failed to resolve their defamation stoush out of court over a “notorious” homophobic tweet by the NSW One Nation leader.