Companies

Still feeling aftershocks from last year's tax leaks scandal, PricewaterhouseCoopers has lost seven partners to the risk and regulatory team of Big Six law firm MinterEllison.

Class closure orders are "anathema" to the purpose of group proceedings in facilitating access to justice and should never be ordered, the High Court has been told.

Isuzu is not giving up its bid to slam the brakes on a suit by car alarm company Directed Electronics over alleged trade secrets theft.

Medibank is seeking to shield from a shareholder class action an "irrelevant" post-incident report by Deloitte into its massive October 2022 data breach.

Former radio host Antoinette Lattouf will argue at trial that the ex-chair of the ABC, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson were involved in the decision to terminate her contract. 

A class action targeting Westpac subsidiary BT Funds and Tal Life Insurance was discontinued after documents discovered by the companies caused funder Woodsford to bow out.

A 'junk' insurance class action against Suncorp unit AAI wants an initial trial to deal with the claim -- absent a sample group member -- that car dealers made purchasing a policy necessary for a loan.

Expert evidence is not meant to “provide a judge with comfort”, a judge has found in rejecting evidence from two experts in flex commissions class actions against Westpac and Macquarie.

Coles and Woolworths have hit back at the ACCC's claims they advertised “illusory” discounts, pointing the finger at inflation and higher supply costs.