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Prefab concrete company Evolution Precast Systems failed to install reinforced concrete in Sydney's ill-fated Opal Tower and knew about a prior failure with one of the building's panels, engineer WSP Structures alleges in a cross-claim lobbed in a class action on behalf of residents of the tower.
Clive Palmer's Mineralogy has appealed a ruling tossing a lawsuit it brought against ASIC, which a judge called an "ill-disguised collateral attack" on the regulator for criminal proceedings against the billionaire mining magnate over $12 million in payments made to his political party in 2013.
Six of the world's largest car makers have agreed to pay $52 million to settle class actions accusing them of selling cars with deadly Takata airbags.
Boral has denied that shareholders bringing two class actions against it over financial irregularities in its North America windows business suffered any loss, saying that its systems helped spot and prevent the financial manipulation from continuing.
A judge has signed off on a proposal by two law firms to jointly run a consolidated class action against Allianz over add-on car insurance, shooting down the insurer's argument that a beauty contest would promote competitive contingency fee rates.
NRL player Jack de Belin has settled his defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Daily Telegraph over an article, cartoon and tweet that allegedly implied he was a rapist and a “despicable person”.
The federal Labor party has called on Christian Porter to reveal what he knows about an anonymous donor that covered a portion of his costs in pursuing defamation proceedings against the ABC over an article airing historical rape allegations.
US singer Katy Perry is seeking to withdraw an admission that licensing her trade mark to Target and Myer constituted use, saying it was plainly “wrong” after the Full Federal Court held an owner who authorised use of a mark was not liable for direct infringement.
Truck company Isuzu has asked a court to shut down an $18 million lawsuit by Directed Electronics alleging copyright infringement, arguing that its own cross-claims --which substantially overlap with allegations in a 2017 case that went to trial -- made it an abuse of process.
A local government has been ordered to repay its residents the tens of thousands of dollars they spent on an invalid canal maintenance levy, in what was the first class action victory to be recorded in the Queensland Supreme Court.