Pitcher Partners says the lead applicant in a discontinued class action over its auditing of Slater and Gordon should cover the costs for cross-claims it brought against nine parties, including the law firm and several of its former directors.
A judge has scrapped a proposed video link sought by Slater and Gordon to be included in an opt out notice to group members in a class action over alleged junk insurance sold by Westpac, saying the video had the “flavour” of promoting the proceeding.
A shareholder class action against Vocation that has spanned five years and spawned multiple cross claims against the failed training company’s auditor, law firm and individual directors, has reached an in-principle settlement.
Two Victorian Indigenous groups are facing off in a intellectual property battle over an anthropological research report used in a boundary variation bid lodged by one of the groups.
A high ranking executive from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has warned that an increase in class actions could discourage Australia’s best corporate leaders from joining company boards.
A new class action against S&P Global is facing potential delays as the two lead applicants — one embroiled in a battle over its funding agreement — ready for a fight over when to serve the lawsuit on the global ratings agency.
A judge has signed off on a $95 million settlement in a shareholder class action against Spotless after a heated exchange saw the funders backing the lawsuit drop their bid for $1.5 million in costs above their commission.
Slater and Gordon has brought proceedings against a sacked principal lawyer who led the firm’s largest practice in its Penrith, NSW office, seeking injunctions to prevent her from poaching clients allegedly worth over $1.3 million in billing revenue.
Insurer QBE wants to downsize a massive class action brought against it and banking giant ANZ over the sale of allegedly worthless add on insurance.
Treasury Wine Estates has challenged a ruling that Maurice Blackburn did not breach its obligations by using material from a now settled class action against it to draft new class action pleadings.