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A judge has ordered soft class closure in a class action by Queensland police officers and staff over the COVID-19 vaccine, forcing group members to register for the case ahead of settlement talks.
ASIC has won its case alleging Regional Express failed to correct an optimistic forecast before it entered administration last year, but failed to prove the company's optimism conveyed a "likelihood" or that three non-executive directors had actual knowledge of the collapsed budget airline's declining business.
The consumer regulator has brought proceedings against Amazon, alleging it relied on unfair contract terms in its Prime Video subscription contracts to introduce advertising to its streaming service.
Defence lawyers are bracing for a wave of class actions over companies’ use of generative artificial intelligence, with privacy, discrimination, consumer, product liability and shareholder claims expected.
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An activist group can't block the owners of Claravale Station from clearing almost 3,000 hectares of savanna in the Northern Territory, with a judge finding it would be difficult to prove the government’s decision was legally unreasonable.
Clothing giant H&M has been hit with a costs order after a judge found it was unreasonable for it to maintain a suppression application in a Fair Work case brought by its former head of human resources in Australia.
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The developer of a $50 million apartment complex in Brisbane’s West End has lost an appeal against builder Devine Constructions’ claim for $3.7 million, as the developer seeks damages for alleged delays caused by water ingress.
The engineering firm behind the Kwinana energy transformation hub in Western Australia wants the High Court to hear a union's case alleging it fraudulently failed to disclose information to the Fair Work Commission.
A judge has ruled a class action on behalf of First Nations people in NSW whose children were allegedly unlawfully removed can bring a claim alleging group members were treated unfairly because of their race.
A judge says a shareholder class action against IAG can add a new damages claim, despite the insurer arguing it was untethered from any contravention and “clearly bad in law”.