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Child removal class actions launched against NSW, WA
Class Actions 2024-11-20 4:10 pm By Sam Matthews

Two class actions have been filed alleging racial discrimination by New South Wales and Western Australia over the placement of children in state care.

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Judge calls out Corrs Chambers’ ‘combative’ conduct in building defects suit
Construction 2024-11-19 12:54 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has called out the “combative correspondence” between solicitors at Corrs Chambers and another law firm in a construction defects suit.

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Class action over COVID-19 deaths settles with Anglicare, NSW Health
Class Actions 2024-11-04 12:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action over deaths allegedly caused by negligent care at a NSW aged care facility during COVID-19 has settled. 

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Funder pulls out of WestConnex class action
Transportation & Infrastructure 2024-10-25 1:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The funder bankrolling a class action by residents allegedly displaced by the construction of the $16.8 billion WestConnex tunnel has abandoned the case.

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Trucking company facing class action over fatal train crash
Class Actions 2024-10-24 11:38 pm By Sam Matthews

A Queensland trucking company is facing a class action by owners of $2.4 million in cargo aboard a freight train that was derailed in a fatal collision with a truck on New Year’s Eve.

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Sydney light rail class action pulls up to the High Court
Appeals 2024-10-21 11:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has been asked to revive a class action over Sydney’s light rail construction and weigh in on whether litigation funders can claim their commissions as damages.

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Star Entertainment fined $15M, but Sydney casino to stay open
Gaming 2024-10-17 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Star Entertainment has been fined $15 million for serious compliance failures, but the NSW gaming watchdog has given the casino operator a chance to retain its Sydney licence.

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Richard Pratt’s daughter gets second shot at slice of family fortune
Estates 2024-10-16 11:38 pm By Andy Sidler

A daughter of the late Visy tycoon Richard Pratt has won another shot at a piece of the multi-billion-dollar family fortune.

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Developer The Gosford can’t lift stay of $37M judgment against Shanxi unit
Construction 2024-10-16 3:25 pm By Sam Matthews

The company behind an abandoned $185 million development in Gosford, NSW can’t lift a stay on a $37 million judgment it won against the Australian unit of China’s Shanxi Construction Group.

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Qube wins $40M cut to sum owed to logistics hub subcontractor
Transportation & Infrastructure 2024-10-02 11:39 pm By Sam Matthews

Logistics giant Qube has won a $40 million cut to amounts owed to Martinus Rail in a dispute over construction of the Moorebank terminal project in Sydney’s west.

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