Barristers

The Victorian government is seeking summary dismissal of a class action alleging government curfews put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic were unlawful, arguing the case was filed out of time.

Hearing a fight over $40 million in costs in a case over the sale of Dexus shares in Australia Pacific Airport Corporation, a judge has said he doubts the airport operator can recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on a media consultant during the dispute.

The maker of the popular Maxi-Cosi line of child car seats has lost its opposition to a rival's patent for a child car seat designed to reduce the risk of the safety tether breaking in a crash.

A songwriter who is suing Universal Music over royalties has dodged the music company's bid for $150,000 in security, with a judge finding the artist's claim that he could release an album to fund the litigation amounted to "puffery".

Former CEO and chairman of budget airline Rex Lim Kim Hai has been hit with a $800,000 penalty and a four-year disqualification order for admitted breaches of his continuous disclosure obligations.

A judge overseeing the Hunter Valley bus crash class action has questioned why “reputable law firms” have failed to comply with discovery orders, and warned he might pull a Hammerschlag and give the applicants everything.

The liquidators of a subsidiary of collapsed media company Big Un have lodged an appeal after a judge tossed their case against financier First Class Capital alleging a three million share purchase was part of a scheme to inflate the company's stock price. 

The litigation funder that bankrolled two class actions against Toyota, which settled this month for a record $750 million, faces a grilling by the Federal Court over its proposed commission -- the largest payout ever sought in an Australian class action.

Radio host Jackie O Henderson is challenging broadcaster ARN Media’s claims of legal professional privilege over documents relating to a workplace investigation following her on-air clash with former co-host Kyle Sandilands, arguing the dominant purpose of the investigation was not to obtain legal advice.

The liquidators of the Tahmoor coal mine want to restrain Norton Rose Fulbright from acting for two companies linked to Sanjeev Gupta, a court has heard.