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 […]
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 […]
A class action on behalf of 121 children who allege they were wrongfully detained in adult prisons or immigration detention due to flawed age testing […]
Two class actions against Victorian aged care providers on behalf of families of residents who died due to alleged failures during the COVID-19 pandemic have […]
A class action against a Victorian aged care home over alleged āmajor failuresā during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has asked the facility […]
A judge overseeing the trial in a shareholder class action against chain logistics company Brambles has questioned the company’s use of long-term financial forecasts. On […]
A judge has rejected a bid by chain logistics company Brambles to allow two of its US-based witnesses to appear remotely at an upcoming trial […]
Bell Potter has defeated a lawsuit by Nicholas Boltonās Keybridge Capital over a 2015 phone call which lasted one minute and 18 seconds in which […]
An appeals court’s finding that the federal government does not owe a duty of care to Australian kids to protect them from the effects of […]
The Full Federal Court has overturned a historic judgment that found the federal minister for the environment owed a duty of care to Australians under […]