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Gold Coast developer FW Estate has defeated a lawsuit alleging a development in Jimboomba was the product of a joint venture.

A second law firm has lodged class actions against Coles and Woolworths on the back of the consumer regulator's claims that the supermarket giants' discount campaigns were misleading.

A class action against Exactech over allegedly faulty joint implants has been stayed pending its US-based parent company’s bankruptcy proceedings. 

Former NAB superannuation fund trustee NULIS is seeking the first ever award of indemnity costs in a class action that flopped following the rejection of a settlement offer.

The High Court has overturned a controversial decision that put a judge on the hook for a man’s false imprisonment, finding that all judges are immune from civil suits for acts done in the performance of their judicial duties.

A class action against BHP can include in the group member definition investors who bought shares on secondary platforms, but the change can't apply retroactively.

A guarantor of developer Westgem Investments can amend her claim against Westpac and the Commonwealth Bank related to the financing for a commercial development in Perth’s Raine Square.

In deciding an evidentiary dispute in a shareholder class action against building materials giant Boral, a judge has sounded off over the increasing costs of expert evidence produced in group proceedings.

A Sydney premium property developer has been slapped with a freezing order that prohibits it from disposing of assets over $10.6 million as it faces a defects suit from the owners corporation of a Milsons Point tower.

Citing public interest immunity, Homes Victoria has won a bid for Cabinet documents to be kept confidential in a class action levelled by public housing tenants.