Mercedes-Benz has hit back at a class action over alleged emissions cheating, denying its cars were fitted with defeat devices and arguing any engine features found to act as such devices were needed for safety.
The law firm running a class action against Origin Energy has argued the case is “financially unviable” if it is stuck with a 30 per cent contingency fee ordered by the court, in the first-ever application to vary a group costs order.
A hearing on the relief Fortnite maker Epic Games is entitled to in its successful competition case against Google and Apple could be affected by a hearing on a worldwide settlement reached by Google, a judge has said.
Sydney silk Richard Lancaster SC has been appointed as senior counsel assisting the royal commission led by former High Court Justice Virginia Bell into antisemitism launched in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack.
A judge has ordered a foreign investor in rare earths miner Northern Minerals to pay pecuniary penalties after it failed to comply with divestment orders, in the first case brought over alleged breaches of foreign investment laws.
Banksia Securities investors who agreed to drop their case alleging breaches linked to a scandal-ridden class action have been hit with costs, with a judge saying the case was “plainly” not for the benefit of all group members.
Melbourne mattress and bedding start-up Sleeping Duck has settled a suit against its former chief financial officer, who has admitted to breaching confidentiality obligations to the company by disclosing information to a competitor.
Two Liberty Steel companies want a case brought in NSW by administrators for collapsed supply chain finance company Greensill to be put on hold while a related case in the UK is on foot.
A litigant bringing a sexual harassment case against the WA Department of Justice is now represented by pro bono counsel after the Federal Court’s top judge raised concerns about her “very personal” recusal application.
Cloud security company ZScaler has won its bid to suppress court documents in a Fair Work case filed by its former chief technology officer in Australia, in what is becoming a new norm in employment proceedings in the Federal Court.