Barristers

LG Australia has defeated an appeal of a decision which found it did not breach the duty of care owed to the owners of a refrigerator which caught fire, who were not provided with a replacement through a recall process.

ASIC has lost its appeal of a failed bid to strike out of parts of mining magnate Clive Palmer’s claim that he was subject to an unlawful examination by the regulator, with a judge finding the pleading properly identified the ASIC officers involved. 

The former CEO of the Australian Film Institute, who alleges he was ousted through a sham redundancy, has dropped his bid for reinstatement.

A funder bankrolling proceedings over the compulsory acquisition of land for the Westconnex road project in Sydney has lost its bid to revive a lawsuit against the plaintiffs, with an appeals court saying it was a “classic example of abuse of process”.

A class action against Queensland and two hospitals on behalf of First Nations people alleging institutional racism must plead a comparator group by which their treatment is to be measured, a court has said.

A judge has permanently stayed a suit against developer Stennson over a Caulfield North residential development after finding the developer would suffer prejudice because the builder on the project was not a party in the case.

The High Court of Australia will hear the appeal of a failed class action over the planned demolition of inner-city public housing towers in Melbourne, which will involve consideration of the right to remain in settled social communities.

The High Court will hear the appeal of a failed class action over the planned demolition of inner-city public housing towers in Melbourne, which will involve consideration of the right to remain in settled social communities.

A judge has found Coles engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when advertising products with a 'Down Down' discount, in a win for the consumer regulator and a class action.

A landlord has won its bid to have lost rent and outgoings assessed as part of damages it is owed after a judge found baked goods producer Allied Pinnacle was required to repaint the outside when its commercial lease at a Western Sydney property ended.