GM can’t strike out a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden cars, with a judge saying the case doesn’t need to identify the “precise mechanical, metallurgical or engineering explanation” for alleged defects.
Mayfield Development’s competition case against NSW Ports over agreements to privatise two ports has made it to the High Court, with the developer pressing its argument that derivative Crown immunity did not apply to the port authority.
An appeals court has dismissed a competition case by Mayfield Development against NSW Ports over agreements to privatise two ports, finding that derivative Crown immunity applied to the port authority.
A judge has said he is satisfied that GM’s concerns about a class action’s “circular” explanation of alleged design flaws in certain Holden vehicles are “not trivial”.
In a loss for the ACCC, the High Court has found builder J Hutchinson did not arrive at an anti-competitive understanding with the CFMEU merely by yielding to a threat of industrial action.
A judge has accepted Mitsubishi’s argument that an investigation into the fuel consumption of its Triton cars is protected by litigation privilege and should not be handed over to a class action.
Mayfield Development is barred from bringing claims already traversed in a competition case by the ACCC that was thrown out by a court, NSW Ports has told an appeals court.
Mitsubishi says an investigation into the fuel consumption of its Triton cars is protected by litigation privilege and should not be handed over to a class action.
The High Court has upheld appeals in class actions against Ford and Toyota over the calculation of damages for reduction in value of defective vehicles.
The High Court has taken up the ACCC’s boycott case against builder J Hutchinson and the controversial construction union, an appeal that gives the court the chance to clarify the standard for proving an anti-competitive arrangement.