The High Court has dismissed a constitutional appeal by Irish insurer Zurich, clearing the way for a class action over an allegedly defective New Zealand apartment block to proceed in the NSW Supreme Court.
A judge has expressed her concern over delays in a suite of cases filed against P&O Cruises by holidaymakers who were seriously injured in a fatal bus collision in Vanuatu in 2016.
The Full Court has found that a policy exclusion applies in a dispute between Acciona Infrastructure and Ferrovial Construction and three insurers over coverage for loss and damage caused by heavy rainfall during the construction of the $695 million Pacific Highway in northern New South Wales.
A judge has blasted the lack of progress in an investor class action against accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and asset finance lender Axsesstoday over an allegedly misleading $50 million prospectus.
Japanese oil company Inpex has lost its bid for a split trial in a dispute with insurers AIG Australia and Mitsui Sumitomo over coverage for litigation related to defects at the $45 billion Ichthys liquified natural gas project in the Northern Territory.
Insurance specialist firm Wotton + Kearney has hired a lawyer from King & Wood Mallesons with class action expertise to bolster its litigation defence offering.
A class action by property owners against the manufacturer and supplier of alleged combustible cladding has lost a bid for sales figures to estimate the value of their claims as the parties head into settlement negotiations next month.
Insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney has lured a MinterEllison partner and her team to its recently established Adelaide office, as well as a special counsel from Barry.Nillson.
A Corrs Chambers Westgarth veteran known for his work defending the Catholic Church has left the law firm for rival Wotton + Kearney, taking with him a number of senior associates as well as the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
The Australian supplier of alleged combustible cladding is opposing a class action applicant’s bid for information ahead of settlement talks on the quantity of cladding sold in the country between 2009 and 2019.