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High Court clarifies procedural fairness in corruption cases, finds IBAC mostly followed rules
IBAC has been vindicated by the High Court in a ruling that found Victoria's anti-corruption agency had largely complied with its obligations to provide a public body and a senior officer with a reasonable opportunity to respond to adverse material in an investigation over unauthorised email access.
Inventor’s patent case against Monster Energy gets one last chance
A judge has issued a self-executing order for the dismissal of a patent infringement lawsuit against Monster Energy if the inventor who brought the case fails to pay $350,000 in security for the beverage giant's costs within two weeks.
High Court won’t touch ruling on backdated wage increases
A special leave application by the Catholic diocese fighting to overturn a Full Federal Court judgment that two school teachers were entitled to backdated pay rises has failed.
High Court to hear KPMG’s class action transfer fight
KPMG has won its application for the High Court to weigh in on the relevance of a contingency fee order in determining a bid to transfer a shareholder class action from Victoria to NSW.
Former EY partner can’t keep identity secret, but suppression order remains for now
A former EY partner facing ATO action for allegedly promoting tax exploitation schemes has lost a fight to shield their name from media reports of the case, but a temporary suppression order -- which has been in place for half a year -- will stay in effect for at least two more weeks while the partner contemplates a fresh appeal.
‘A Pyrrhic victory’: Class action up for Worley’s costs after failing to prove loss
Despite succeeding on a number of claims, the applicant in a tortuous shareholder class action against Worley must foot the engineering services company's bill for defending two trials.
Recruitment agency Hays settles employment class action
Labour hire company Hays Specialist Recruitment has agreed to pay up to $1.325 million to settle an employment class action on behalf of coal miners that has been on foot for five years.
ASX pays $1.05M fine for ‘careless’ pre-trade transparency failure
ASX Limited has paid a $1,050,000 fine after the corporate regulator pinged it with an infringement notice for failing to comply with market integrity rules -- a first against the market operator.
Class action launched against Lendi Group over mortgage insurance
Mortgage broker Lendi Group and insurer ALI Group face a class action over the sale of allegedly worthless mortgage insurance policies to homeowners.
Merivale to pay $18M in underpayments class action settlement
Merivale will fork over $18 million in a proposed settlement to resolve an employment class action against the hospitality giant, of which $8.6 million is sought to be deducted in legal fees and a funder's commission.