Class Actions
Major win for shareholder class action as High Court rejects Worley appeal bid
Leaving in place a win in an epic shareholder class action that made two trips to the Full Federal Court, the High Court on Friday declined to hear engineering services firm Worley's special leave application in the decade-old case.
Competition & Consumer Protection
Judge may refer lawyers to watchdog after late evidence in ACCC case
A judge has said he may refer solicitors for online training provider RSA Express to the legal watchdog over late evidence in a case in which the cosumer regulator seeks $12 million in penalties.
Article
Judge gives OK to appeals in class actions against Apple, Google
The parties in class actions against Apple and Google alleging anti-competitive conduct by the app store giants can appeal a court's answers to common questions in the cases.
Class Actions
Cultural fishing class action seeks aggravated damages after NSW’s ‘offensive’ claim
A class action over allegedly unfair prosecution of Indigenous groups for fishing is seeking to add a new claim for aggravated damages against the NSW government, saying that the state had raised an “offensive” allegation.
Class Actions
Live exports class action says quantification proposal won’t be ‘straitjacket’
A class action over the government’s 2011 live exports ban has denied that its proposed reference for determining damages issues, which will be overseen by a former NSW Chief Justice, will act as a "straitjacket".
Employment
Law firm posted #firing on LinkedIn after sacking senior associate, FWC hears
Queensland firm Aditum Lawyers must pay one of its former senior associates almost $50,000, after the workplace umpire found its principal made a “knee-jerk” decision to ax her and later posted on LinkedIn about "removing resistance”.
Competition & Consumer Protection
IGA competes with Coles in its ‘sweet spot’, tribunal hears
An IGA store in WA's Kalgoorlie has rejected a claim by Coles that it provides no real competition, telling a tribunal shoppers are buying significant volumes of the supermarket giant's top items at the independent grocer.
Class Actions
Judge rejects class action’s ‘absurd’ approach in Navy training case
A long-running class action by Royal Australian Navy technicians alleging the Department of Defence broke a promise to train them in engineering has lost its challenge to referees' methods for assessing group members' loss.
M&A
Warburg Pincus drops exclusivity demand from Ingenia bid
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has revised its offer for land lease operator Ingenia Communities, dropping the exclusivity condition for entering a process deed.
Class Actions
Law firm pursues TikTok, other platforms in competing class action
Shine Lawyers' proposed class action over social media addiction will go beyond the case brought by MinterEllison against Meta, targeting platforms including TikTok.
