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Tasmanian jumping castle operator acquitted but still faces class action
Class Actions 2025-06-06 10:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A magistrate has cleared a Tasmanian jumping castle operator of criminal wrongdoing for her alleged role in a tragedy that killed six children in 2021, but a related class action against her and the state government will continue. 

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Lendlease reaches settlement in ‘tax dodge’ suit by ex-Greenwoods partner
Construction 2025-06-10 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lendlease and Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills have resolved a lawsuit by a former partner that alleged he was effectively fired for complaints about the builder’s “aggressive taxation position”.

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CBRE to acquire commercial real estate agency Burgess Rawson
Real Estate 2025-06-10 11:52 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Multinational real estate services and investment giant CBRE will acquire privately-owned commercial real estate agency Burgess Rawson.

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Employee infringed company’s copyright by downloading files, court finds
Intellectual Property 2025-06-06 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has found that an employee of a custom keycap business breached her fiduciary duties and infringed the company’s copyright when she launched a competing business using unlawfully downloaded company templates.

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Court tosses Clive Palmer’s latest challenge to criminal cases
White Collar 2025-06-06 10:57 pm By Andy Sidler

The Queensland Supreme Court has tossed a judicial review application by mining magnate Clive Palmer seeking a declaration that criminal proceedings against him should be thrown out as abuses of process. 

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Court OKs deductions from $3.79M judgment in Redland Council class action
Class Actions 2025-06-06 11:40 pm By Andy Sidler

After nearly a decade of litigation — including a High Court appeal — a court has signed off on a $3.79 million settlement in a class action against Redland City Council over alleged unlawful levies.

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Court deals blow to live exports class action as case ticks into 11th year
Class Actions 2025-06-05 11:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In a blow for the plaintiffs in a long-running class action over the government’s live exports ban, a judge has found that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia in 2012 and 2013 if the ban had not been in place. 

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Failed NULIS class action can’t duck costs pending appeal
Class Actions 2025-06-05 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The lead applicant in a failed class action against ex-NAB super trustee NULIS Nominees has lost his bid to stay a costs order of some $12.5 million pending an appeal.

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Fortrend lodges another appeal in spat with Shaw & Partners duo
Employment 2025-06-05 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fortrend Securites is challenging a judge’s ruling that it owes $580,000 in penalties and compensation for withholding the bonuses of two departing advisors, its second appeal in their bitter dispute.

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Commonwealth spars with navy training class action over interest
Class Actions 2025-06-05 11:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Commonwealth is locked in a fight with a class action on behalf of Navy technicians over whether a referee’s report on damages mistakenly failed to include pre-judgment interest. The class action, brought in 2016 on behalf of 290 Navy marine technicians, seeks damages for the loss of income that resulted from the Navy’s breach…

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