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Irrigators bring $830M class action against Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Irrigators in Australia's South East have launched a class action against the Murray-Darling Basin Authority claiming its mismanagement of the river system caused up to $830 million in losses.
Ex-Babcock & Brown execs dodge case over botched $1.4B acquisition
A court has dismissed a long-running case against defunct Babcock & Brown executives by a private investment fund over a botched $1.4B acquisition of the biggest laundry equipment provider in the US, saying the executives did not breach their duties by failing to disclose that the bank underwriting the deal allegedly wanted out.
Queensland Sugar in sweet victory as Wilmar negligence case dismissed
Industry-owned Queensland Sugar Limited has succeeded in dismissing a court case brought by Wilmar Sugar Australia after record-high rainfalls led to a $60.8 million loss in 2010.
‘Witness X’ in Geoffrey Rush defamation case revealed as actress Yael Stone
Orange Is The New Black star Yael Stone, who has accused Geoffrey Rush in interviews of lewd behaviour toward her, can be revealed as the witness who unsuccessfully sought to give evidence at trial in Rush's defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News.
Crown can’t block jailed employees from talking to class action lawyers over China crackdown
Lawyers for a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts have won their hard-fought battle to question ex-employees about the casino giant's thwarted business in China, with a judge ruling Wednesday there would likely be a "serious adverse effect" on the administration of justice if they weren't free to give evidence ahead of trial.
Teva wins docs to bolster case that Boehringer’s Spiriva patents were obvious
Israeli drug maker Teva has won its bid for communications between Germany-based Boehringer and capsule manufacturers to help prove its claim that a patent at the centre of a dispute over the top-selling inhaler Spiriva was invalid for obviousness.
Ratepayers can’t strike out defences in class action against Queensland city council
Ratepayers in a class action against a Queensland city council calling for the recovery of an invalid levy on their land failed in their bid to summarily dismiss the council's defence that the unreturned portion of the charges was spent for their benefit. 
Deloitte grilled after claiming partners have no right to access files from litigation room
Lawyers for Deloitte were questioned by an appeals court Monday after arguing that the accounting giant's partners had no access to the firm's files, stored in a locked "litigation room", and no power to hand them over to comply with discovery orders in a shareholder class action over the collapse of client Hastie Group.
Woolworths class action homes in on supermarket giant’s price perception problem
Woolworths' knowledge of its poor performance on price perception among shoppers in 2014 is at the centre of a $100 million shareholder class action against the retailer, a court heard Friday.
Fair Work Ombudsman wins appeal over CFMEU penalty in Hutchison Ports strike case
An appeals court has handed a win to the Fair Work Ombudsman in its battle for a multimillion dollar penalty against the CFMEU for coordinated strikes at two Hutchison Ports shipping terminals, finding a judge's fine of just $38,000 did not cut it.