A judge has approved a $3.5 million settlement in a class action brought by former clients of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick.
The peak body for community legal centres argues a case over alleged cookie cutter legal advice should be stripped of class action status, citing a recent judgment in a case against a Victorian law firm, but a judge noted there may be significant differences.
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 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.
Lawyers will struggle to hold providers of legal artificial intelligence services liable for negligence but the situation may change as the technology becomes more sophisticated, experts have told Lawyerly.
The plaintiff in a negligence case against Waller Legal has told a court the firm ignored his “blindingly clear” claim for loss of earning capacity in a historic sexual abuse case.
The plaintiff in a negligence case against Waller Legal has failed in his last-minute call to vacate the trial to obtain more documents, an exercise a judge said would “make a mockery of the Civil Procedure Act”.
A former Manus Island security guard has sued Maurice Blackburn, alleging the firm’s negligence prevented him from receiving higher compensation for his psychiatric injuries.
A self-represented customer of Latitude Financial has lost his bid to challenge a decision throwing out his data breach lawsuit against the non-bank lender after he defaulted on court orders.
Some of Australia’s biggest law firms were dragged to court in 2024, facing lawsuits — and even class actions — by disgruntled clients and aggrieved employees.