Cruise operator Carnival PLC has mounted a cross-appeal aimed at overturning a judge’s finding that it negligently failed to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship, telling the Full Court that the primary judge’s findings were not consistent with his reasons.
Appealing findings of serious corrupt conduct over her award of state funds to the district of then boyfriend and member of parliament Daryl Maguire, former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has told a court politicians can have “personal attachments” while still acting in the public interest.
Adani subsidiary Carmichael Rail has lost its High Court challenge seeking to have a dispute over damaged steel rails heard in Australian Federal Court rather than by an arbitrator in London.
After surviving multiple strike-out bids, a class action against Carnival over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship is still facing a “lurking” issue about a potential stay in relation to the claims of a subset of group members.
A judge has signed off on the discontinuance of two class actions against Canberra property developers for allegedly misleading investors about GST on their apartments, after the High Court declined to review a ruling that made the cases “uneconomic” for the funder to pursue.
The future of a class action against a Canberra property developer accused of misleading investors about GST on their apartments is in doubt after the litigation funder withdrew support for the “uneconomic” case.
The High Court won’t hear a challenge to a decision finding a Canberra property developer that misled investors about GST on its apartments did not have to pay for losses alleged in a class action against it.
A Canberra property developer that misled investors about GST on its apartments does not have to pay compensation to the lead applicant in a class action against it, an appeal court has found.