A class action alleging a conspiracy against collapsed investment fund Blue Sky continues to be whittled down, with a court giving the firm’s founder the green light to drop claims against a handful of defendants, including law firm Gadens and AFR publisher Nine.
The developer of a Canola seed hybrid tolerant to herbicide has lost a bid for seed grower Nuseed to relabel its products, which are already stocked in 361 retail locations.
A Federal Court judge has frowned on a bid to transfer 12 individual cases over allegedly defective pelvic mesh to various state and territory courts, saying the manner in which the cases had been brought reminded him of the 1990’s when “mobile phones resembled house bricks” and suggesting the cases could be brought as a class action.