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New law firm takes the reins in Westconnex class action
Class Actions 2023-11-28 11:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A new law firm has taken over from Quinn Emanuel in a class action against Transport for NSW over the alleged fraudulent acquisition of land to construct the $16 billion Westconnex tunnel in Sydney, after the mystery funder that’s backing the case lost its bid to avoid security.

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Settlement offer not inadmissible in case against law firm, judge says
Professional Negligence 2023-11-24 11:52 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ruled that a settlement offer made in a case can be adduced into evidence in a construction company’s suit against its former lawyers, finding that the offer was not covered by without penalty privilege.

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Clive Palmer loses challenge to rejection of Gold Coast development plan
Real Estate 2023-11-24 11:02 pm By Sam Matthews

Clive Palmer has lost his bid to overturn a council decision to reject his plan for a residential development at a Gold Coast flood plain, with a judge noting that would-be residents would be subject to the “adverse odours” of a nearby sewerage treatment plant.

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Phoney Airtasker lawyer wins three-month cut to sentence on appeal
Legal Ethics 2023-11-23 12:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has reduced the jail sentence imposed on a Brisbane man who falsely represented he was a lawyer on the Airtasker app, but refused his bid to get away with a fine, saying a prison term “was the only appropriate sentencing option” in the case.

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KPMG asks High Court again to hear class action transfer fight
Class Actions 2023-11-22 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Accounting firm KPMG has asked the High Court for a second time to weigh in on the relevance of a contingency fee order made in a Victoria Supreme Court class action to its bid to transfer the case to NSW.

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US firm beats Maurice Blackburn ‘on every conceivable dimension’, Hino class action judge told
Class Actions 2023-11-21 7:58 pm By Sam Matthews

Personal injury law firm Gerard Malouf & Partners has hit back at Maurice Blackburn’s challenge to its class action experience in a fight for carriage of a class action against a Toyota unit, saying the top US firm it has partnered with to run the case trumped the major Australian plaintiff firm “on every conceivable dimension”.

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High Court takes up joint venture’s arbitration dispute with Chevron
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-11-17 5:36 am By Christine Caulfield

The High Court will hear a $130 million case by two contractors on Chevron’s Gorgon gas field project, which argue the Western Australia Court of Appeal was outside power to uphold a ruling that set aside an arbitration win.

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Unfunded class action by Sydney townhouse owners dodges security for costs
Class Actions 2023-11-16 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge overseeing a class action by the owners of lots in a townhouse development in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria has rejected an application for security for costs, noting the case has been brought by individuals who stand to lose their properties if they fail to pay costs.

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Discrimination class actions filed over Queensland’s removal of Indigenous children
Class Actions 2023-11-14 9:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The state of Queensland is facing two class actions for allegedly failing to place First Nations children who were removed from their families with other community members and to ensure they maintained a connection to their family, community and culture.

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Judge doubts power to order irrelevant docs be produced in aged care class actions
Class Actions 2023-11-13 10:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has upheld a ruling that rejected a bid by two class actions against Victorian aged care providers for insurance and financial information, finding the court likely does not have the power to order the production of documents that are not relevant to the proceeding.

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