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Boral’s privilege claim upheld over EY investigation in shareholder class action
Securities 2022-12-06 10:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Boral has won its bid to shield from shareholders in a class action three investigative reports, including one by accounting giant EY, concerning financial irregularities in the construction company’s North America windows business.

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Telstra on the outs with ACCC over Belong broadband speed claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-12-06 3:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought proceedings against Telstra alleging it misled almost 9,000 customers about the upload speed of its budget internet provider Belong. 

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Contradictor blasts Shine’s ‘wholly unreasonable’ $100M legal bill in J&J class actions
Class Actions 2022-12-05 11:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A contradictor in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson has opposed Shine Lawyers recovering $100 million in costs from a $300 million settlement, which a judge has preliminarily found is not fair and reasonable to group members.

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Santos loses appeal over $4.7B Barossa offshore drilling project
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-12-02 1:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Santos has lost its challenge to a judge’s decision to revoke approval for its $4.7 billion offshore gas project because Tiwi Islanders were not properly consulted about the project.

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Grant Thornton sued by Quantum Graphite over 14-month trading suspension
Professional Negligence 2022-12-02 10:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mining company Quantum Graphite has filed proceedings against accounting firm Grant Thornton over a 2020 report that caused the Australian Stock Exchange to suspend trading in the mining company’s securities for 14 months.

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Funder’s commission cut by 33% in ‘lower risk’ employment class action
Employment 2022-12-01 3:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has cut a funder’s commission by 33 per cent after approving a $20 million settlement in a sham contracting class action against telco contractor BSA Limited, finding that funders should receive “significantly lower” payouts in employment cases.

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Judge laments ‘extremely slow’ COVID-19 hotel quarantine class action
Class Actions 2022-12-01 9:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has pulled up legal teams in a class action against the state of Victoria on behalf of businesses that allegedly suffered loss from the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle, saying progress in the case has been “extremely slow”.

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Judge doubts barrister’s claims in ex-commando’s defamation case against ABC
Defamation 2022-11-30 10:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has raised doubts about ex-commando Heston Russell’s barrister’s claims that it “screamed from the page” of an allegedly defamatory ABC article that her client committed war crimes.

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No cottage industry for cyber attack class actions, lawyer predicts
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-11-29 1:54 am By Cindy Cameronne

Despite recent class actions against Medibank and Optus for cybersecurity breaches, class actions over cyber attacks will not become common because they involve “a lot of work for not a lot of money”, a lawyer has predicted.

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Abandoned soccer match between Scottish rivals spawns $3M suit
Sports 2022-11-29 3:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australian sports promoters TEG Live and Left Field Live have sued Scottish football team the Rangers for at least $3 million after the club allegedly backed out of a Sydney match with rival Celtic.

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