A child removal class action against the state of New South Wales has been given more time to clarify its pleadings after a judge raised concerns that parts of the “important case” were unclear.
Noumi and auditor Deloitte will pay $43 million to resolve a class action alleging the company misled investors about its inventory, and the class action will make a play for a $5 million penalty agreed to in ASIC proceedings.
Claims of hurt and distress by former ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf stemming from her dismissal are misdirected, the broadcaster has argued at trial.
Mitsubishi says an investigation into the fuel consumption of its Triton cars is protected by litigation privilege and should not be handed over to a class action.
Crown has sued Lendlease and a host of other companies that signed off on the use of combustible cladding on the façade of the Metropol in Southbank, which it says resulted in two years of expensive rectification work.
Lawyers for tech start-up Dovetail want the Federal Court to suppress the details of a “scandalous” lawsuit brought against the company and its CEO by an in-house lawyer.
Callide Energy has failed in a courtroom bid to block the sale its partner’s interest in the joint venture for the construction and operation of Queensland’s Callide power station.
The Northern Territory government is fighting a false imprisonment and wrongful death class action by the family of an Indigenous woman who died at a COVID-19 quarantine facility.
The firm running a class action against the AFL on behalf of players who allegedly suffered on-field brain injuries has found lead plaintiffs to bring a separate class action against 17 clubs.
Public sector expert and experienced litigator Clare McNamara has joined Wotton Kearney as a partner in the firm’s Canberra office.