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Class action gets hands on Phoslock docs produced in AFP probe of China operations
Class Actions 2025-09-02 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Phoslock Environmental Technologies, which has produced hundreds of thousands of documents to federal police as part of an investigation of the company’s China operations, must hand over the bundle to a class action.

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OneSteel’s administrators win case over Whyalla port infrastructure
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2025-09-03 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

A GFG subsidiary has lost its cross-claim in a battle with OneSteel’s administrators over infrastructure assets at South Australia’s Whyalla port, which is used to export the state’s iron ore.

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Atanaskovic Hartnell appeals stay of costs win against media mogul
Business of Law 2025-09-01 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Atanaskovic Hartnell is appealing a decision barring the law firm from enforcing a costs judgment against a company of media mogul Bruce Gordon and quashing a garnishee order directed at Nine.

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Law firm investigates ‘loyalty tax’ class action against Suncorp
Class Actions 2025-08-28 1:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Insurance giant Suncorp faces a class action investigation on behalf of millions of home and car insurance customers who were allegedly misled about their premiums and charged a so-called loyalty tax.

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Westpac’s $130M settlement in flex commissions class action approved
Financial Services 2025-08-28 2:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has signed off on Westpac’s $130 million settlement in a class action over flexible commissions paid to car dealers, bringing to an end three cases brought by Maurice Blackburn against lenders.

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Piper Alderman appeals loss in fight to run Google ad tech class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-27 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Piper Alderman is appealing a decision that stayed its competition class action against Google in favour of a competing case, saying group members had been deprived of a “substantially superior” funding model.

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Fonterra, Bega settle row over licences in wake of $3.8B sale to Lactalis
Intellectual Property 2025-08-26 2:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fonterra said Tuesday it had settled a dispute with Bega Cheese over the status of lucrative licence agreements as part of a $3.8 billion sale of its Australian business to French dairy company Lactalis.

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Clough appeals stay of $54M cross-claim in EnergyConnect spat with Elecnor
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-25 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Engineering firm Clough Projects Australia is challenging a judge’s order staying its $54 million cross-claim against former Energy Connection joint venture partner Elecnor.

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Builder has no separate right to compensation for Brisbane rail land grab, court says
Article 2025-08-15 11:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Queensland construction company that bought land following its resumption by a state government agency is not entitled to be compensated for the land grab, a court has found.

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Mapletree sells off Woolworths-backed Victorian logistics hub for $60M
Article 2025-08-15 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Real estate investor Mapletree Logistics Trust has sold its logistics facility in Victoria’s Wodonga  for $60 million, saying the hub was no longer in line with its investment strategy.

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