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Keystone-linked developer challenges $158M freezing order
Developer Robert Filippini, who is suspected of fraudulently receiving investor money from defunct Keystone Asset Management, is seeking to appeal an extension of freezing orders over family trusts that hold property and several luxury cars.
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Keystone-linked developer asks court to lift $158M freeze over property, cars
Developer Robert Filippini, who is suspected of fraudulently receiving investor money from defunct Keystone Asset Management, is seeking to appeal an extension of freezing orders over family trusts that hold property and several luxury cars.
AMP says insurance class action pleading ‘not good enough’
A class action against AMP over allegedly inflated insurance premiums has been ordered to better particularise its case, with a judge hearing the current pleading is "not good enough" for the wealth manager to put on a defence.
Egg donors tossed from IVF rebate class action
Women who donated eggs to their same-sex partners have been removed from a class action that claims women and lesbian couples were unlawfully denied Medicare rebates for IVF.
BHP, Rio Tinto argue harassment claims can’t run as class actions
BHP and Rio Tinto have told a court that the claims of thousands of women who allegedly experienced workplace sexual harassment and discrimination should not be brought as class actions.
GrainCorp resolves bid for personal costs against class action solicitor
Agricultural giant Graincorp has resolved an application for personal costs against a solicitor, which it sought after trial in a class action over alleged noise and odour pollution from a Victorian factory was vacated and an in-principle settlement did not proceed. 
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ADCO scores win in row with Boroondara over Kew building collapse
ADCO Constructions did not agree to guarantee work done by its subsidiary on the Kew Recreation Centre, a court has found, limiting Boroondara City Council’s options following a roof collapse. 
ASIC fights to strike out Palmer’s negligence, public misfeasance claims
ASIC has called for a court to strike out negligence and public misfeasance claims in a suit by billionaire Clive Palmer alleging the regulator and its chief investigator were "improperly influenced” by corporate rivals.
End of the road for Mercedes-Benz dealers, as High Court passes up appeal
The High Court has put the brakes on a $650 million case by Mercedes-Benz dealers over the car maker's switch to a fixed-price sales model, despite acknowledging the "important issues" the appeal raised.
IVF rebate class action faces bid to cut egg donors from case
The federal government has flagged its intention to bring a strike-out application to narrow the group member definition in a class action by single women and same-sex couples who were denied Medicare rebates for IVF.