The High Court won’t weigh in on a case over strip searches of Qatar Airways passengers, following a mixed ruling that revived claims against the airline but found Qatar’s aviation authority could not be sued.
Wealth manager Colonial First State Investments and insurer AIA have reached a $140 million settlement in a long-running class action alleging 700,000 superannuation members were charged inflated premiums on insurance products linked to former owner CBA.
The parties in a class action against agricultural giant GrainCorp over alleged noise and odour pollution from a factory in rural Victoria have failed to seal the deal on a settlement reached last month.
Two axed executives of real estate broker Jones Lang LaSalle have sued the publisher of The Australian over articles they say destroyed their professional reputations and cost them up to $15 million each in earnings.
The former CEO of failed AI marketing start-up Metigy has pleaded guilty to providing false statements to investors and misusing his position as a director, following an investigation by the corporate regulator.
Suspecting infringement of patents for its Parkinson’s drug, Xadago, biopharmaceutical company Newron has won preliminary discovery of documents from generic drug maker Arrotex Pharmaceuticals.
The managing director of the Australian arm of property developer Arada has lost his bid to bar a vote on his termination as he and the group’s CEO sling allegations of misconduct and dishonesty.
Owners of apartments in Sydney’s One Central Park have been ordered to pay Frasers’ costs in defending a suit that sought declarations in relation to defective planter boxes on the building’s façade.
Two sacked executives of JLL’s industrial division have filed court action against the publisher of The Australian over articles they say had a “devastating” impact on their reputations and cost them up to $15 million.
Barry Nilsson has executed on its strategic growth agenda with the recruitment of six new principals and their teams from DLA Piper in a major boost to its insurance and health practice.