Amy Munro

A judge has slammed a Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer partner's submission that it is not good practice to subpoena witnesses in complex litigation -- saying this was "news to [her]" -- and rejected client AMP's bid to have a key witness testify from an Airbnb.

Pithy one-liners and even pithier rulings are just part of NSW Supreme Court judge James Stevenson’s legacy as he steps down from the bench, bringing to an end a class of judicial staffers known as “Team Stevo”

An appeals court has rejected Dexus' challenge to a finding that it must sell its 50 per cent stake in Sydney’s largest suburban shopping centre to Macquarie Retail, saying its arguments contradicted the “evident commercial purpose” of the contracts at issue.

A Dexus property fund has argued that a judge went the “wrong way” in deciding that it was forced to sell its 50 per cent stake in Sydney’s largest suburban shopping centre to Macquarie Retail. 

Munich Reinsurance has been given the OK to bring additional claims in its $696 million lawsuit, which accuses AMP of misleading or deceptive conduct over a quota share agreement.

Toyota's offer to fix customers' diesel filters has drawn criticism from a class action, which alleges it misled group members into believing a fix would have no bearing on damages they could be owed.

Over objections from the ACCC, a judge has struck out the regulator's entire case against Meta over scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook after it clarified that each allegedly misleading ad should be a separate contravention.

The consumer regulator must identify the advertisements it relies on to prove its case against Meta over scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook, with a judge saying the social media giant should know the case it has to meet.

Swiss fintech Temenos has partially won its bid to view legal advice received by the Northern Inland Credit Union in a lawsuit alleging the cloud banking provider made misleading representations during negotiations for the installation of a new core banking system.

EFTPOS provider Tyro has secured a $10 million settlement in a lawsuit accusing a unit of Canadian firm Lightspeed of violating a restraint of trade clause by encouraging Tyro customers to adopt its own competing payment system.