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First class action to be filed over combustible cladding
Class Actions 2018-10-30 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The first class action is expected to be filed on behalf of property owners whose buildings are covered with highly combustible polyethylene core cladding.

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Clive Palmer wants second judge out in Queensland Nickel case
Restructuring & Insolvency 2018-10-30 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

A month after successfully arguing for the recusal of a state Supreme Court justice from an upcoming trial over the collapse of Queensland Nickel, Clive Palmer is calling for the replacement judge to step down, alleging he too is biased against him.

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Class action bigwig beats appeal of misconduct ruling
Legal Ethics 2018-10-30 9:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A leading class action lawyer has defeated an attempt by the Law Society of NSW to revive professional misconduct proceedings against him.

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Geoffrey Rush accuser tells court she felt ‘trapped’ on stage
Defamation 2018-10-30 4:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

Geoffrey Rush’s co-star Eryn Jean Norvill took the stand Tuesday in the actor’s defamation case against Nationwide News, telling a court she felt “panicked” and “trapped” by Rush’s allegedly inappropriate behaviour during a production of King Lear at the Sydney Theatre Company.

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Generic drug cos. win trial against Wyeth over Effexor delay
Intellectual Property 2018-10-30 3:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Wyeth must pay a group of generic drug companies for the harm they suffered after the drug maker won interlocutory injunctions blocking their plans to market an extended release generic version of anti-depressant Effexor, in a ruling likely to have a chilling effect on interlocutory injunction grants in pharmaceutical patent cases.

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ACCC probes Kogan over promotion
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-29 11:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Online retailer Kogan.com said Monday it’s facing an investigation by the ACCC into one of its promotions.

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Union asks court to shut down AstraZeneca’s sick leave appeal
Employment 2018-10-29 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Workers Union has called on the Federal Court to toss AstraZeneca’s challenge to a decision that workers are guaranteed 10 days’ sick leave regardless of how long their working day is.

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Lawyers take aim in battle to lead BHP class action
Class Actions 2018-10-29 10:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

The high-stakes contest to run a shareholder class action against BHP has begun, with lawyers for three competing cases all arguing in Federal Court Monday that there can be only one winner.

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Viagogo lured customers in with false claims, court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-10-29 10:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

A four-day trial against online ticket reseller Viagogo kicked off Monday, with the ACCC describing how the site misled consumers by falsely claiming it was an official ticket vendor, hitting them with a booking fee of around 28 per cent along the way.

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Westpac life insurance class action stayed pending landmark appeal
Financial Services 2018-10-29 9:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

A class action against Westpac over allegedly excessive insurance premiums has been put on ice after funder JustKapital filed an application to stay the case in the wake of the bank’s appeal challenging the court’s power to make a common fund order.

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