Most Recent
Bupa class action dodges summary dismissal application
Class Actions 2025-12-15 11:21 pm By Andy Sidler

A class action against Bupa alleging the aged care provider failed to provide promised levels of care to residents can proceed, with a judge finding the case is not “fatally flawed”.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Woolworths to fight latest staff underpayments class action
Employment 2025-12-15 11:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Woolworths confirmed Monday it was facing another class action linked to employee underpayments, and has vowed to defend itself against the claims.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Defamation lawyer must replead parts of defence to barrister’s case over fees
Defamation 2025-12-15 11:10 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A barrister who is suing solicitor Rebekah Giles over fees for work on a defamation case against Nine has been partially successful in her bid to strike out sections of Giles’ defence.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

iPhone note counts as businessman’s will, appeals court says
Appeals 2025-12-15 11:29 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An appeals court has found a note left on the iPhone of a late businessman with an estate worth over $13 million counts as his last will and testament.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Platinum insider trader must surrender passport ahead of sentencing
White Collar 2025-12-15 11:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

Investment manager Rodney Forrest must hand over his passport to an ASIC investigator before his sentencing next month for trading in shares in Platinum Asset Management armed with insider intelligence.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Class action targets government’s ‘unlawful’ card payment surcharges
Class Actions 2025-12-12 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Fresh off a record settlement for the Robodebt scandal, the government is facing a new class action over a law that retroactively allowed it to impose card payment surcharges, which the suit says amounts to unjust enrichment.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Reddit brings High Court challenge over social media ban
Social Media 2025-12-12 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In its writ to the High Court on Friday, Reddit says Australia’s social media ban for children under 16 years old “directly burdens” the country’s implied freedom of political communication.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

IMARC activist awarded damages in pepper spray class action
Class Actions 2025-12-12 11:05 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The lead applicant in a class action challenging Victoria Police’s use of capsicum spray during a protest over the International Mining and Resources Conference in 2019 has been awarded $54,000 in damages.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

OAIC won’t probe class action-style complaint over Optus data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-12-12 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The privacy watchdog has given a preliminary view that it won’t investigate a class action-style complaint brought by Maurice Blackburn over a 2022 Optus data breach, citing its own proceedings, a court has heard.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Judge won’t hold up Google class action waiting for competing case
Class Actions 2025-12-12 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a jointly run class action against Google, which has already fended off a third proceeding in a contest to pursue the digital giant, will not keep the case waiting for a looming fourth action.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?