Stephen Puttick

A court has rejected an objection by J&J to a registration notice in a class action over cold medication that flags the applicant’s opposition to soft class closure.

A judge overseeing the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's case against Medibank alongside a class action against the health insurer is considering delaying a hearing in the regulator's case until after trial in the group proceeding.

In ordering early registration for a class action against a Johnson & Johnson unit, which estimates its defence costs at over $22 million, a judge has said the "very expensive" process is appropriate.

A judge has granted Johnson & Johnson's bid for soft class closure in a class action over alleged ineffective cold medications, saying it would aid in settlement negotiations. 

A judge has allowed a 50 per cent fee uplift for counsel in an epic fight over lucrative tenements in the Pilbara region, but says the hourly fees of solicitors from the likes of Allens, Clayton Utz and Corrs were already well above market rate.

A class action against Johnson & Johnson over alleged ineffective cold medicine has attacked the pharmaceutical company’s application for soft class closure, telling a court the process would produce useless data and only need to be repeated. 

The landlord of a Western Sydney commercial property has been awarded $328,000 in lost rent and outgoings after its former tenant, baked goods producer Allied Pinnacle, failed to repaint the external walls at the site.

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.

The word 'day' in thousands of building contracts at the centre of a class action against Perth builder BGC Housing Group refers to a calendar, not working, day, a judge has said in a ruling that may have a significant impact on damages in the case.

The word 'day' in thousands of building contracts at the centre of a class action against Perth builder BGC Housing Group refers to a calendar, not working, day, a judge has said in a ruling that may have a significant  impact on damages in the case.