Julian Sexton

Insurance Australia Limited has settled $4 billion action brought by Germany's Greensill Bank and its administrator ahead of a six-month trial against the insurer and others over the failure of the trade financier.

Months after its applicant was awarded $93,000 in damages for an "egregious" strip search at a music festival, a class action is locked in a new battle over the assessment of group member damages, accusing NSW of trying to relitigate the case.

Insurer Liberty is not on the hook for costs incurred by Seymour Whyte Construction for dealing with asbestos-contaminated soil, but is liable to cover legal fees for advice sought by the company.

A class action against NSW over festival strip searches says the state is attempting, again, to declass the proceeding after the lead applicant was awarded $93,000 in damages.

The NSW government is planning to appeal a ruling that ordered it to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip search at music festivals.

A judge has ordered the NSW government to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip searches at music festivals, finding a “conspicuous deficiency” in the training of officers. 

The applicant in a class action over a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess is seeking an $8 million costs order against Carnival, after the cruise ship operator lost its challenge to a negligence finding.

Insurers Bond & Credit Company and Tokio Marine can't eyeball advice given by Ashurst to lender White Oak in a dispute over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill.

Lender White Oak has argued it can shield an email that repeats legal advice from Ashurst that was accidentally disclosed to insurers Bond & Credit Company and Tokio Marine, which it has sued over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill. 

Carnival has lost an appeal of a finding in a class action that it was negligent in preventing a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship, but an appeal by the applicant over damages has also failed.