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‘It’s as if court dates just grow on trees’: Judge slams parties in cosmetic surgery class action
Class Actions 2024-03-07 2:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has railed against the parties in a class action against Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates for “repeated failure […]

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Trans woman’s case against Giggle for Girls gets Commissioner’s backing
Human Rights 2023-09-19 3:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Sex Discrimination Commissioner has told a court a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls can bring a claim […]

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Court approves ‘lower end’ settlement in public housing class action
Class Actions 2023-08-17 9:36 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved a $5 million settlement in a false imprisonment class action against the state of Victoria on behalf of residents of nine […]

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Judge rejects latest pleading in plastic surgery class action
Class Actions 2023-08-10 10:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has directed a class action on behalf of 1,000 patients of Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates to have […]

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Trans woman gets go-ahead to bring late discrimination case against Giggle for Girls
Human Rights 2023-06-01 9:40 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has allowed a discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls to be brought […]

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Giggle for Girls suit primed as test case for transgender rights, court hears
Human Rights 2023-04-28 10:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls may test the metes and bounds of […]

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Full Court to decide whether employment class actions ever allowed
Employment 2023-03-09 6:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The question of whether judges have the power to hear employment cases as representative proceedings is headed to the Full Court after a union raised […]

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Judge troubled by class action firm’s costs, union’s delay in rival McDonald’s cases
Employment 2023-03-09 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge is weighing up a law firm’s high legal costs against a union’s delay in a stoush over who should run a case against […]

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JD Group wins partial appeal in couple’s case over $10M off-the-plan apartment
Appeals 2022-12-02 2:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Developer JD Group has scored a partial win in its challenge to a damages award to a Melbourne couple over a “deliberately misleading” rendering of […]

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JD Group wins stay of damages for couple ‘misled’ over $10M luxury digs
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-03-28 5:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Damages owed to a millionaire couple by JD Group over a “deliberately misleading” rendering of a $9.58 million apartment in South Yarra, Melbourne will be […]

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