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A judge has raised doubts about ex-commando Heston Russell's barrister's claims that it "screamed from the page" of an allegedly defamatory ABC article that her client committed war crimes.
The funder bankrolling the settled class action against oil exploration company PTTEP wants a court-ordered injunction against a barrister to prevent him from giving independent legal advice to the lead applicant about his claim.
A "massive dispute about privilege" is on the cards in the defamation row between Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch and news outlet Crikey over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
ASIC has lost a case accusing the Commonwealth Bank of Australia of hitting customers with $55 million in unauthorised fees, with a judge finding that nearly 1 million customers charged the fees should have known that even banks "sometimes make mistakes".
A judge has hit Alkaloids of Australia with a nearly $2 million penalty for engaging in cartel conduct and sentenced its former export manager to a term of imprisonment for his involvement in fixing prices for a key chemical in anti-spasmodic drug Buscopan.
Federal prosecutors pursuing a case against Members Equity have lost an appeal of a ruling that threw out half the charges against the direct bank as time barred, with an appeals court finding the ASIC Act imposes a hard deadline for bringing a criminal case of misleading or deceptive conduct.
A judge has approved a confidential settlement in a class action on behalf of 383 apartment owners in Sydney’s Opal Tower but slashed the amount sought by the funder.
Highly regarded barrister Alexander 'Sandy' Dawson SC has been honored by colleagues and clients on his death at the age of 50 after a battle with brain cancer.
Payday lenders BHF Solutions and Cigno are fighting ASIC's bid for an injunction barring them from breaching consumer credit laws, with BHF claiming it should not be exposed to contempt.
A judge has cut at least $170,000 from the fees sought by a law firm running a class action on behalf of Drakes Supermarkets store managers who were allegedly underpaid -- the same firm that saw its fees reduced in two similar class actions.