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Online trader Plus500 faces another class action over risky CFDs
London-headquartered online trader Plus500 has been hit with a second class action by investors who lost money trading in highly leveraged financial products.
Firm’s fees in Boston Scientific class action OK’d, 8 months after settlement gets nod
A judge has signed off on almost $7.5 million in fees billed by the law firm behind the pelvic mesh class action against Boston Scientific, eight months after he approved the device maker's $105 million settlement.
United class action wants to add commission agents, join parent company
A franchise class action against United Petroleum has asked a court for leave to expand the class action to include a group of commission agents and to add the oil company's parent as a third defendant.
KPMG asks High Court again to hear class action transfer fight
Accounting firm KPMG has asked the High Court for a second time to weigh in on the relevance of a contingency fee order made in a Victoria Supreme Court class action to its bid to transfer the case to NSW.
BHP loses plea to High Court in case over Christmas Day work mandate
The High Court has dashed a BHP unit's bid to appeal a win for the CFMMEU in a case on behalf of coal miners rostered for shifts on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in central Queensland's Daunia Mine in 2019.
High Court steers clear of Spitfire creditors’ fight over R&D tax refunds
The High Court has denied special leave to the Commonwealth on behalf of employees of collapsed fintech Spitfire in a battle over $2 million in research and development tax refunds.
High Court won’t weigh in on spat between Probuild, Allianz over development bonds
Probuild Constructions has failed in its special leave application to the High Court, which sought to challenge a ruling that it held $7.7 million in trust for insurer Allianz under a deed of indemnity in connection with the development of West Side Place in Spencer St, Melbourne.
Wotton + Kearney grows cyber team with addition of former EY Law director
Law firm Wotton + Kearney has become the latest firm to beef up its cybersecurity practice, luring special counsel Nick Martin from EY Law.
High Court takes up joint venture’s arbitration dispute with Chevron
The High Court will hear a $130 million case by two contractors on Chevron's Gorgon gas field project, which argue the Western Australia Court of Appeal was outside power to uphold a ruling that set aside an arbitration win.
Nothing wrong with judge’s reasons, law firm just didn’t like them, court told
Atanaskovic Hartnell was not hard done by in a judgment that ordered payment of entitlements to a former general manager and rejected its cross-claims against the woman, an appeals court has been told. The law firm was just unhappy with the decision.