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A failed class action against Queensland utilities Stanwell and CS Energy can't delay payment of what might be in excess of $30 million in defence costs while it pursues an appeal, but has dodged a penalty for running a case the companies said was hopeless.
A BBC Studios Australia executive has sued her employer, alleging she was the victim of adverse action and discrimination after she exercised her workplace rights.
A former Trademax trader who allegedly worked for a rival platform while employed by the firm has been ordered to court for questioning over claims he did not have access to crucial documents.
Medibank has been ordered to give a class action copies of reports by Deloitte into a massive data breach in October 2022, in a judgment made public on Friday and already facing appeal by the health insurer.
A judge has dismissed a class action alleging Homes Victoria decided to demolish public housing towers in Melbourne without consulting residents, saying the government agency’s power to redevelop land “is not conditioned on observing procedural fairness”.
The High Court will weigh in on the relevance of reputation in passing off claims, taking up an appeal by Bed Bath N’ Table of a finding that rival retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.
Insurer AAI has taken aim at an architect and builder as it seeks to limit its liability in a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed in two high-rise towers in a Sydney suburb.
The High Court has declined to hear radio manufacturer Hytera's appeal of a finding that it misappropriated Motorola's source code in a case of "substantial industrial theft”.
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Hastie's special purpose liquidators have won court approval to enter into a further funding agreement as it pursues cases against Hall & Wilcox, which previously represented the collapsed engineering firm.
MP Alex Greenwich has lost his bid for indemnity costs from ex-NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham, with a judge finding it was not unreasonable for Latham to reject a $20,000 offer to settle the defamation suit.