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Class action against Qoin issuer flags tweaks to case after ASIC win
A class action against BPS Financial may abandon some claims after a judge found in a separate case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that the Qoin cryptocurrency issuer made false and misleading claims about its product.
Ex-HopgoodGanim client who was afraid to question invoices runs out of time
A former client of HopgoodGanim has lost an out-of-time bid to challenge 31 invoices, after a judge found her fear of starting a fight with the law firm while it still represented her was “not well founded".
‘Why do they have to be so precise’: Judge quizzes crypto issuer over class action pleadings
The judge overseeing a class action against Qoin cryptocurrency issuer BPS Financial and several related companies has questioned the level of precision required of the pleadings, as the company fights the  applicant’s bid to amend its case for the fourth time.
Crypto class action can’t have ‘luxury of litigating’ without costs, judge says
A judge has ordered the lead applicants in an unfunded class action against the Southport-based issuer of Qoin to cough up $750,000 in security, despite hearing submissions that the costs order would kill the case.
James Cook University hit with $1.2M judgment for sacking climate skeptic
A court has ordered James Cook University to pay over $1.2 million to a controversial climate change professor who was sacked in a manner the judge found "reprehensibly unfair" and an "egregious abuse of power".