Two Melbourne-based aged care providers want negligence claims that are unrelated to COVID-19 removed from class actions over their handling of the pandemic, in a move that may exclude a “very large number” of group members from the proceedings.
Apple plans to appeal the Full Federal Court’s decision that Epic Games’ misuse of market power lawsuit over it App Store terms should be heard in Australia because the case raises issues of “fundamental public interest”.
The Federal Circuit Court’s decisive response to complaints of inappropriate behaviour by a judge has been roundly applauded by the legal profession as putting the judiciary on notice that courts will not ignore complaints, but the latest scandal shows sexual harassment remains a pervasive problem.
A Federal Circuit Court judge has resigned after an inquiry found he engaged in inappropriate conduct of a “sexualised” nature towards two young women.
A COVID-19 business interruption test case that was filed in the Federal Court following a landmark loss for insurers in test case before the NSW Court of Appeal, will be determined along with any appeals by the end of the year, a judge has said.
Global resources giant BHP Group is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a ruling that rejected its bid to exclude foreign investors from a shareholder class action over the 2015 Fundao dam disaster.
A magistrate being investigated for sexual harassment by a first-of-its-kind judicial conduct panel has been suspended on advice from South Australia’s chief judge.
US chemical company Quaker Chemical is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a Full Court judgment that found its patents for quickly detecting high pressure fluid injection injuries on site were not novel because the company had disclosed them in public prior to applying for registration with IP Australia.
The High Court has rejected a bid by a group of insurers to weigh in on a test case against COVID-19 related claims in business interruption policies, following a high stakes loss in the NSW Court of Appeal, which found an infectious disease exclusion did not apply.
The High Court on Friday denied special leave to three unions representing Qantas workers that sought to challenge a Federal Court ruling for the airline in a dispute over the operation of last year’s COVID-19 JobKeeper wage subsidy.