A man of “deep humanity” and a “model of judicial restraint”, former High Court chief justice Sir Gerard Brennan, who passed away on Wednesday, has been honoured for his contribution to the law and the legal system.
A foreshadowed application for a funding order in a class action that would put a lien on some group members’ homes was “entirely unprecedented and without jurisprudential basis”, retirement home provider Aveo Group has said.
The litigation funder facing a lawsuit by the applicant in a class action it financed is demanding security for legal costs because it says the applicant — which is being chased by a law firm for more than $300,000 in fees — may not be good for the money.
The litigation funder backing two combustible cladding class actions has sold a third of its investment in the cases to a player in the nascent secondary market for class action financing.
Fighting a class action that claims the age pension discriminates against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy, the Commonwealth says the rate of welfare dependency among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders could impact the case.
Silk Lincoln Crowley has been appointed by the Queensland premier as the first Indigenous judge of an Australian supreme court.
A litigation funder challenging a decision underpinning recently enacted rules that require class actions to be registered as managed investment schemes told an appeals court Wednesday the decision was plainly wrong and the regime unworkable.
Insurer Bond & Credit Company has denied it owes damages over the collapse of the Greensill group, saying it issued a trade credit policy at the centre of four lawsuits because the supply chain financing firm concealed its risks and made fraudulent misrepresentations.
Clayton Utz has recruited lawyer Lucy Shea as a partner in the law firm’s national environment and planning practice.
With the Australian Labor Party to form government after Saturday’s election defeat for the Coalition, class action lawyers are looking forward to reforms that expand access to justice, enshrine the court’s power to supervise costs and wind back Morrison-era legislation.