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The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by a union representing rail electricians of cooling-off orders made by the Fair Work Commission amid an ongoing dispute with Sydney Trains.
A judge has found Max Twigg must compensate his mother and several family companies after selling bonds traceable to misappropriated funds, saying he and his company “misled the court” by not disclosing the sale.
Two firms representing some Rio Tinto shareholders have lost their bid to intervene in Energy Resources' fight to renew its lease for the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory.
An administrator has won $1 million more in costs for distributing a class action settlement, but a judge warned any ‘overshoot’ might not be borne by group members.
The lead applicant in a class action over the alleged unlawful detention of 240 Indonesian children and the Commonwealth are locked in a battle over the construction of a $27.5 million settlement reached last year.
Companies and government entities paid out less to settle class actions in 2023 than in the previous two years, with no mega settlements hitting their pocketbooks.
A $27.5 million settlement reached in a class action over the alleged unlawful detention of 240 Indonesian children has won court approval, but the applicant's legal costs remain subject to negotiations.
Two law firms running competing class actions against Qantas over flight cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic have agreed to cooperate after a judge took them to task for revising their funding positions in the lead up to a courtroom battle.
Nuix had information in January 2021 which undermined the growth story presented to the market in the prospectus for its IPO, a court has heard on the first day of ASIC’s case against the tech company and a handful of former directors.
A leading class action firm may seek compensation for those who were illegally detained after the High Court ruled that Australia's system of holding individuals indefinitely in immigration detention is unlawful.