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Deloitte attacks ‘farcical’ claims in partner’s age discrimination case
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is seeking to strike out the misleading and deceptive conduct claims in a $4 million age discrimination lawsuit brought by a former partner, calling them "farcical" and "absurd".
Qube resolves misuse of market power case against Port of Newcastle
Logistics services provider Qube has resolved a lawsuit that accused the Port of Newcastle of misusing its power in the market for port services by denying Qube's request to use its own equipment to provide dry bulk unloading services at the port.
Tandem unit’s bid to shut down sham contracting class action fails again
A unit of telecommunications contractor Tandem has lost an appeal in its fight over the validity of a sham contracting class action by technicians alleging they were misclassified as contractors and wrongly denied benefits.
PwC looks to shut down lawsuit claiming DocuSign not a valid form of termination
PricewaterhouseCoopers is seeking to strike out a lawsuit brought by a former director who claims her notice of termination was invalid because it was delivered through DocuSign.
Lawyers wanting to grill Banksia class action silk put on short leash
A judge has confined the scope of questions lawyers can ask disgraced senior barrister Norman O'Bryan when he takes the stand this week to give evidence for the son of the mastermind behind an alleged fee scam in the Banksia Securities class action.
ASIC wins case against insurer Youi over 2-year delay on hail damage claim
A court has found that insurer Youi breached its duty of utmost good faith by taking two years to settle a home owner's hail storm claim.
BHP can’t shut out foreign group members from class action
Mining giant BHP has lost a fight to keep foreign group members out of a shareholder class action over the Fundao dam failure in Brazil five years ago.
Law firm ‘took advantage’ of privileged position in filing Treasury Wines class action, court told
Treasury Wine Estates has accused plaintiffs law firm Maurice Blackburn and barrister Guy Donnellan of "taking advantage" of their privileged position by using evidence discovered in a settled class action to file a second case against the wine maker.
Judge postpones signing off on GetSwift move to Canada until FIRB approval
A judge has indicated she will approve GetSwift's plans to relocate to Canada, despite concerns raised by ASIC, but will wait until the company has received approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board.
Rio Tinto execs’ trial vacated given likelihood of COVID-19 vaccine
A judge has vacated a seven-week trial in proceedings brought by ASIC against two former Rio Tinto executives to March or April 2022, after they requested a "lengthy delay" to ensure a COVID-19 vaccine would be available before they travel to Australia for trial.