Quinn Emanuel

The applicants in competing class actions against Downer EDI have set out their proposals for the courts overseeing the cases, with two calling for orders staying the proceedings of their rivals, and another seeking consolidation.

A judge overseeing a shareholder class action against Insurance Australia Group says more evidence is needed to back the applicant’s bid for an order giving lawyers 30 per cent of any recoveries.

The NSW government and the former developer of a stalled $2 billion Central Barangaroo development project are headed for a discovery showdown in their $270 million stoush, with both sides fighting to protect what they say are privileged communications.

Greensill Capital’s UK division has won a stay of several lawsuits over the supply chain financing firm’s $1.7 billion collapse, but an insurer has already flagged a bid to press on with its claims against the company.

The state of Victoria has foreshadowed a High Court challenge in its fight to stay a class action over the 2020 hotel quarantine in light of criminal action, an appeal it said raised issues relating to the “increasing and regular prosecutions” of government and corporate entities over health and safety laws.

The state of Victoria has lost its appeal bid to stay a class action brought over the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle in light of a pending criminal action against the Department of Health.

The state of Victoria is trying again to stay a class action over the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle in light of a pending criminal action against the Department of Health, telling an appeals court the fundamental principles of the criminal justice system must be protected.

A judge has approved a walk-away settlement with two former directors of RCR Tomlinson in a shareholder class action against the failed engineering company.

Transport for NSW has refused to hand over transactional documents related to its $16 billion Westconnex project in a class action over the alleged fraudulent acquisition of land to construct the tunnel in inner western Sydney. 

A shareholder class action against Medibank has claimed it did not disclose “serious deficiencies” in its cybersecurity measures, including failing to implement security measures such as multi factor authentication, causing investors to buy shares at inflated prices.