Defence shipbuilder Austal has been hit with regulatory action over market disclosures linked to cost overruns with the company’s $3.5 billion US Navy warship program.
A judge has refused an application by banned lawyer Serene Teffaha for a temporary stay of a decision by Victoria’s legal watchdog to strip her of her practising certificate.
Two former detainees of youth detention centres in the Northern Territory can’t rejoin a class action against the NT government after settling their claims, despite the “unsatisfactory” circumstances surrounding their exclusion from the proceedings, a judge has found.
A judge has thrown out trade mark infringement claims brought by AGL against Greenpeace for using the energy company’s logo in a public campaign labelling it “Australia’s biggest climate polluter”.
A judge has gutted a defence and counterclaim filed by the biggest unitholder in investment fund Vale in a battle with a litigation funder and liquidators over agreements to join two class actions against S&P Capital, a fight that threatened to hold up one of the class actions.
Plaintiffs in a class action against Advanta Seeds rejected a $10 million offer to settle the litigation, which was later dismissed by a judge.
Racing NSW CEO Peter V’landys AM is challenging a judge’s decision to toss his defamation case against the ABC over a 7:30 segment that revealed racehorses were being killed in violation of industry rules.
The ex-wife of accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith may have accessed his email account containing privileged communications with lawyers, a barrister for the former soldier told a judge on the eve of his defamation trial against Nine.
GetSwift is opposing a bid by the lead shareholder in a class action to rely at an upcoming trial on evidence given by overseas witnesses in last year’s hearing in ASIC’s case, and its resistance could force the class to bring a separate case in the US to compel fresh testimony, a court has heard.
A judge has extended an injunction barring a former manager of non-bank lender Liberty Financial from working for a unit of Wingate Group until after trial in a case over a restraint clause in the executive’s contract.