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Glencore-owned Viterra has failed in its bid for High Court leave to challenge a ruling in a 10-year battle with Cargill over the 2013 sale of malt producer Joe White, leaving the grain producer to fork over damages of almost $300 million.
The ACCC has raised concerns over Qantas’ alleged failure to respond to claims in a blockbuster case against the airline over the sale of tickets on cancelled flights.
Fleet management company FleetPartners has been stung with a shareholder class action over a revised 2019 earnings guidance that doomed its planned merger with McMillan Shakespeare.
A franchisee class action against United Petroleum over the installation of allegedly loss-making Pie Face stores at its franchise sites has succeeded in fending off the petrol company’s bid for security, with a judge agreeing it would have a chilling effect on the unfunded case.
Financial services provider Pioneer Credit has taken auditor PwC to court, claiming $32 million in loss and damages over its advice on how the company should value its financial assets.
Qantas has hit back at the ACCC’s case alleging it sold thousands of tickets on cancelled flights for commercial gain, saying airlines cannot guarantee flights will run as planned.
Carnival has pointed the finger at passengers in response to a class action over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship, a defence that recently flopped in a separate class action over a COVID-19 outbreak aboard Ruby Princess.
Maurice Blackburn looks set to appeal a decision booting its class action against Jaguar Land Rover in favour of a case by a rival law firm whose experience in a similar class action was the deciding factor in a carriage contest.
A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute have lost a second bid to declass a representative proceeding on behalf of 13,500 patients who claim they were injured by botched breast augmentation surgery.
A judge has found Carnival PLC liable for failing to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship that left 28 people dead, but only awarded the lead applicant $4,000 for out-of-pocket expenses rather than the $360,000 in damages she sought.