The High Court has granted special to leave to a class action against Ford over allegedly PowerShift transmissions, agreeing to hear the case alongside two appeals in a class action against Toyota that deal with how reduction in value damages should be calculated under the Australian Consumer Law.
Adani subsidiary Carmichael Rail has lost its High Court challenge seeking to have a dispute over damaged steel rails heard in Australian Federal Court rather than by an arbitrator in London.
A judge has held that there could be favourable costs consequences for Carnival if its rejected $15 million settlement offer in the Ruby Princess class action turns out to be more generous than the ultimate damages award, departing from a previous ruling that so-called Calderbank offers do not operate in group proceedings.Â
The High Court has agreed to step in to hear an appeal of a ruling that put a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge on the hook for a man’s false imprisonment.
The NSW Supreme Court has welcomed its newest judge, who was praised by his peers as âuniversally popularâ for his warm personality and among the best tax silks in the country.
The High Court has refused special leave in a failed class action against Volkswagen over allegedly defective Takata airbags.
A former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner who alleges he was sacked for complaining about Lendlease’s “aggressive taxation position” has lost a bid to argue before the High Court that his claims are covered by new whistleblower protections.
The Federal Court has welcomed two Victorian senior barristers to the bench, including a silk who assisted in the Royal Commission into Crownâs Melbourne casino.Â
Practitioners have marked the passing of former NSW Supreme Court Justice Andrew Rogers KC, who will be remembered for transforming commercial litigation through his vigorous, often “brutal” approach to case management.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost an appeal seeking to throw out two criminal cases over a takeover bid and payments to his political party, with an appeals court finding the challenge was an abuse of process.