Law Firms

Deciding an issue that might take a class action against Ford to the High Court for a second time, a judge has found that used car owners can sue under the same consumer guarantee as someone who bought a new car. 

A judge ordered Westpac's CEO to front court over the "unconscionable" actions of mortgage subsidiary St George Bank in refusing to reverse an adverse credit record from a customer short $44.11 on her mortgage payments.

A judge has set aside a decision on a costs assessment application by online gambling platform PlayUp in relation to a $330,000 unpaid legal bill from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.

A judge has ordered Mobil Oil to pay an agreed penalty of $16 million for running ads in far north Queensland over a period of four years falsely claiming that it was supplying a specific brand of fuel with added benefits.

Victoria may appeal a decision in a class action that found police unlawfully deployed pepper spray at a 2019 protest, a court has heard, as the state loses a bid to avoid the applicant's full legal costs.

Nine's Australian Financial Review has resolved a defamation suit by the owner of Melbourne jazz venue Bird's Basement over articles about a former employee's now discontinued suit.

CIMIC faces a cross-claim in its trade mark infringement case against developer Leyton Property, which wants the building giant's Leighton marks removed from the registry for non-use.

Coles changed its marketing policies after being concerned it could not compete with Woolworths, a court has heard on the first day of trial in the consumer regulator’s case over the supermarket's “utterly misleading” discounts.

Allied Pinnacle has partially succeeded in its fight over a commercial lease in Western Sydney, with a judge finding the baked goods supplier did not have to remove its fit out at the conclusion of its lease, but did have to repaint the external walls.

In response to a trade mark infringement case by CIMIC, developer Leyton Property is bringing a cross-claim that argues the building giant should lose its Leighton marks for non-use.