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High Court asked to weigh in on Toyota class action over defective diesel filters
Product Liability 2023-04-28 4:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

Damages for reduction in value under the Australian Consumer Law are at the centre of competing special leave applications to the High Court filed by Toyota and the lead applicant in a class action over defective diesel filters.

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PFAS class action trial set to begin before ‘frustrated’ judge
Trials 2023-04-28 11:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

Unless the parties can reach a last minute settlement over the weekend, trial in a class action against the Department of Defence over the use of alleged toxic firefighting foam at military bases across the country will begin Monday.

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Inquiry called by Melissa Caddick’s parents ‘hanging over receivers like a threat’, court told
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-04-28 3:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The parents of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick will seek an inquiry into whether receivers of her property have acted faithfully in managing the assets.

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Giggle for Girls suit primed as test case for transgender rights, court hears
Human Rights 2023-04-28 10:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls may test the metes and bounds of Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act, a court has heard.

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Bruce Lehrmann wins bid to bring late defamation cases against News Corp, Ten
Defamation 2023-04-28 12:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann has won his bid to bring defamation cases against News Corp and Network Ten despite the expiry of a 12-month limitation period.

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No livestream for trial in wage cases against Coles, Woolworths
Employment 2023-04-28 2:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Federal Court judge has pulled the plug on a bid by the Fair Work Ombudsman for an upcoming trial in wage cases against supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths to be livestreamed like other hearings of public interest in the court.

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Singer Katy Perry loses trade mark stoush with Aussie designer
Intellectual Property 2023-04-27 2:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In what a judge has dubbed a “tale of two women, two teenage dreams and one name”, US pop star Katy Perry has lost her bid to cancel the “Katie Perry” trade mark owned by an Australian designer and has been barred her from using her stage name to market clothing merchandise. 

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ANZ, Citigroup execs defend book coverage despite receding demand in $2.5B capital raising
Trials 2023-04-27 11:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Two executives involved in ANZ’s $2.5 billion equity capital raising have stood by arguments that the book was covered when the bank’s underwriters took up $750 million of the shares, despite ASIC’s allegations of “receding demand” on the day of the placement.

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Lawyer who filed defence in losing case wins appeal of personal costs order
Appeals 2023-04-27 3:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A lawyer’s role in litigation is not to draw conclusions on the existence of facts or the outcome of a case, an appeals court has ruled in throwing out a personal costs order against a solicitor for filing a defence in a case his client ultimately lost.

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Class action against NT government alleging institutional racism must clarify case
Human Rights 2023-04-27 3:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has told a class action applicant alleging institutional racism targeting the Indigenous population of a remote NT community to clarify his case over the availability of interpreting services.

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