A judge has dismissed applications by mortgage broker Lendi Group and insurer ALI Group to declass a group proceeding over allegedly worthless mortgage insurance, saying it would be more efficient for the claims to advance as a class action.
Nine has argued a contempt bid by intervenors in Antoinette Latouff’s dismissal suit against the ABC is “doomed” given the articles at issue were published a year before a suppression order was made.
A judge has rejected bids by former Keystone director Paul Chiodo and developer Robert Filippini to stay a $150 million suit, citing investors’ interests as a “powerful” factor weighing against the stay.
Property developers Paul Chiodo and Robert Filippini want to stay proceedings by Keystone’s receivers over $150 million allegedly laundered through City Built’s construction projects, citing “quite likely” criminal charges.
A real estate developer based in the Victorian town slated as the location for a waste-to-energy plant has lost its challenge to the proposed project.
Design firm HUB Interiors has sued the owner of Perth’s Eastpoint Plaza, alleging that its copyrighted office designs were passed on to other builders without its permission.
A judge has held off on orders requiring Maurice Blackburn to turn over financial information to Sportsbet in a class action over unlawful in-play betting, saying the parties should first confer on the issue of security for costs.
A judge has temporarily excused uranium miner Paladin Energy from providing initial discovery in a shareholder class action, as the parties wait for a competing class action to be filed.
The engineers that provided design services for Victoria’s West Gate tunnel project have sued software provider Midas, alleging it used the wrong formula to calculate stiffness in bridge designs.
Big Four bank NAB has paid $751,200 for inaccurate credit data disclosures under the Consumer Data Right rules, the largest penalty to date for breaches of the regulations.