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In boon for class action, judge finds Noumi’s shares traded at inflated price
Securities 2024-08-05 10:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has signed off on an agreed-to $5 million penalty against Noumi in ASIC proceedings for violating its continuous disclosure obligations and found the food company’s non-disclosures caused it shares to trade at an inflated price.

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Sushi Bay cops $15M penalty for ‘shameless’ bid to conceal underpayments
Employment 2024-08-05 11:33 pm By Andy Sidler

Now-defunct sushi chain Sushi Bay has been slapped with penalties totalling more than $15 million, with a court calling its long history of staff underpayments ā€œcalculatedā€ and ā€œaudaciousā€.

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High Court to rule on force of disclaimer to shield manufacturers from economic loss claims
Class Actions 2024-08-05 11:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court is scheduled to hand down a judgment in a class action on Wednesday on the power of a product disclaimer to protect manufacturers from claims they owe a duty of care to protect purchasers from pure economic loss.

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Mount Pleasant coal mine engineers have partial win over CEO statement on eve of $270M trial
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-05 11:03 pm By Andy Sidler

G&S Engineering and its parent company, DRA Global, can redact what a court has found is privileged information provided in a witness statement by a former top executive, in the latest interlocutory stoush ahead of trial in a high stakes dispute with MACH Energy.

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Firm accused of copying rivals’ class action pleadings loses IC Markets beauty parade
Class Actions 2024-08-02 10:13 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Two judges have declined to award carriage of a class action against International Capital Markets over risky derivative products to a firm accused of plagiarising its rivals’ pleading.

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Brittany Higgins’ political cover-up claims ā€˜fictionalā€™, trial court hears
Trials 2024-08-02 2:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

As another trial traversing the rape allegations of former political staffer Brittany Higgins gets underway, a lawyer for Senator Linda Reynolds has told a court Higgins’ claim she was pressured not to pursue a complaint against Bruce Lehrmann was the stuff of fairytales.

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Axed lawyer says Super Retail harmed her reputation as a senior solicitor
Employment 2024-08-02 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Super Retail Group’s former chief legal officer Rebecca Farrell says the company damaged her professional standing as a senior solicitor and exposed her to the risk of regulatory investigation and enforcement action.

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Top silk tapped as CFMEU administrator as FWC calls for sweeping powers
Employment 2024-08-02 11:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

The workplace umpire has picked senior barrister Mark Irving KC to serve as independent administrator over the construction division of the CFMEU and has asked the Federal Court to give the silk broad powers.

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Monash IVF takes coverage fight with insurer to court ahead of class action mediation
Insurance 2024-08-02 11:45 pm By Sam Matthews

Monash IVF and a host of IVF clinics have taken Insurance Australia Ltd to court over coverage ahead of mediation in a class action alleging the companies destroyed potentially viable embryos.Ā 

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Mercer Super hit with $11.3M penalty in first ASIC greenwashing case
Environment 2024-08-02 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Mercer Superannuation to pay $11.3 million for ā€œreckless, if not deliberateā€ representations about so-called sustainable investment options that included investment in oil and gas companies, including BHP and Origin Energy.Ā 

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