A recent High Court decision which found the federal government must compensate Indigenous people in the Northern Territory over past mining operations has significant implications for the government’s liability to pay up for historical acts affecting native title, but experts say the decision is unlikely to unleash a torrent of similar claims.
Another fight over an $87 million mixed-use Canberra development may be on the cards, after the project’s liquidators won approval to assign potential claims against WSP and builder Construction Control over alleged stitch bolt defects.
Star has extended the exclusivity period for a potential $940 million refinancing deal with Salter Brothers as the struggling casino operator races to head off insolvency.
Pharmacor will be allowed to sell a generic version of heart drug Entresto after the Full Court rejected Swiss drug giant Novartis’ appeal of a ruling that found an extension of the term of its patent for the drug was invalidly granted.
A group member in a class action against Johnson & Johnson unit DePuy has filed an appeal after he lost a challenge to his compensation determination, 12 years after the case settled.
A judge recently made the rare decision to declass a representative case, and experts say we may see more of the difficult applications as class actions move into areas with greater variation in the circumstances of group members.
A Toyota flex commissions class action can’t retroactively join claims about alleged junk insurance made in a separate case to protect against a limitations defence, with a judge describing such applications as “prima facie vexatious”.
A judge has found that three directors at ASX-listed investment firm Keybridge Capital were validly removed and replaced at a meeting last month.
The ACCC has found Coles and Woolworths operate as an oligopoly with “little incentive” to compete but has stopped short of recommending a break-up or similar strong measures, saying there is no “silver bullet”.
A judge has refused to vacate a trial next month in a case against a law firm and a barrister by a former client, despite the agreement of all parties to push off the hearing.