Jonathan Kirkwood

Four class actions against retail and fast food giants in South Australia have foreshadowed a constitutional challenge against proposed legislation that would retrospectively strip workers of the right to earn Sunday pay rates.

China’s largest state-run conglomerate CITIC has asked the High Court to hear its appeal in mega litigation with Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy over the $12 billion Sino Iron project in Western Australia. 

A judge who is overseeing a class action over the government's Work for Dole program has warned against overworking lawyers after the applicant pushed for more efficient discovery.

A judge has approved a $550 million settlement in a class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme but has halved a funder’s payout to $35 million, despite arguments that it was unprecedented to award a single digit percentage commission. 

The funder that backed a class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme, which settled for a record $548.5 million, is seeking a $71 million commission, but a contradictor has told the court a $23 million cut will suffice.

After it was found to have engaged in misleading conduct over its 'Down Down' discount campaign, Coles may face a single hearing on the punishment to be meted out to it in the ACCC's case and a companion class action.

Woolworths has told a judge in an underpayments class action where its remediation costs could stretch to $330 million that sending a notice to group members reminding them to keep records would be “premature and potentially misleading”. 

A judge has rejected a bid to amend a shareholder class action against Beach Energy, saying the way the applicant had articulated its case on loss by reference to an expert report was “apt to lead to confusion”.

A judge has approved a $50 million settlement in a class action against ANZ and superannuation trustee OnePath, but has slashed by half a proposed $1.76 million deduction for the plaintiff firm's after-the-event insurance.

A judge has criticised lawyers acting in underpayments cases against Coles and Woolworths for overly lengthy submissions and a lack of cooperation, saying the dispute has gone “off the rails”.