Christine Caulfield

In the six years since Victoria introduced a contingency fee regime, close to $200 million has been paid out to class action law firms. And with the Supreme Court soon to hear applications for approval of three more settlements, one firm is set to earn the highest payout to date.

A judge has been convinced by the “slenderest of margins” to allow a Canberra developer to amend its case against two contractors over the collapse of a shoring wall and piers, finding that the current case could not be maintained against the builder. 

Software start-up Dovetail has resolved a lawsuit by its legal counsel the accused the boss of sexually assaulting her during a coercive relationship and claimed the head of HR failed to support her.

A former MWL Financial adviser has been banned for three years for advising clients to invest most of their super in risky classes of the Shield Master Fund, after ASIC agreed to a reduction in the suspension in proceedings before the ART.

The number of new class actions this year is on track to be the lowest in 10 years as plaintiff firms wait to see which way the High Court will lean in a crucial shareholder case and funders redeploy capital to nascent class action jurisdictions.

Facing a lawsuit over cladding by the owners corporation of a $66 million Erskineville, Sydney apartment complex, builder Richard Crookes has brought its own claims against fire safety consultant Jenson Hughes.

A new criminal offence against companies that fail to address modern slavery by suppliers is on the table as part of reforms by the Albanese government to strengthen forced labour laws.

So-called trap calls to suspected intellectual property violators should not be made by solicitors, a judge has said, referring to two phone calls by a lawyer acting for a Queensland pool company in a trade mark dispute.

In announcing the establishment of a federal AI office, prime minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday warned artificial intelligence companies that Australia's creative work was not "up for grabs".

Airport operator APAC says a default notice sent to Dexus over confidentiality breaches is at least valid against shareholders that initiated a botched sales process, hedging its bets in an appeal of a ruling that forces a sale of the asset manager's entire stake.