The liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group have lost their bid to appeal a decision that knocked out half its $120 million case against Multiplex, Lendlease and numerous other builders.
A judge has rejected Aristocratās bid for orders requiring competitor Light & Wonder to hand over documents to be placed āin an envelopeā for speedy production should its appeal of a decision ordering that it produce the documents to Aristocrat for possible trade secrets suit fail.
A judge has granted leave to law firm Levitt Robinson to challenge a ruling cutting $1.14 million of its fees from a settled class action against retirement home operator Aveo, finding the appeal was sufficiently arguable.
A class action against BPS Financial may abandon some claims after a judge found in a separate case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that the Qoin cryptocurrency issuer made false and misleading claims about its product.
Challenging a ruling that it breached its continuous disclosure obligations, ANZ has argued on appeal that it did not need to inform the ASX of a bailout by the underwriters of a 2015 institutional share placement because the information didnāt go to the fundamental value of its shares.
Seeking leave to challenge a decision that shaved $1.14 million from its costs in running a class action against Aveo, Levitt Robinson has argued the firm would have enjoyed a right of appeal if it had been joined to the case as it ought to have been.
Hospitality giant Mantle Group has asked the High Court to find a statement by a full bench of the Fair Work Commission accusing it of acting “extraordinarily and contumaciously” during a dispute about a ‘sham’ enterprise agreement gave rise to an appearance of bias.
The attorney-general of South Australia wants to intervene in a High Court appeal of a ruling that put Judge Salvatore Vasta on the hook for a manās false imprisonment, saying the judge was not entitled to immunity but that police and correctional officers were.
An appeals court has found that a solicitorās caveat over his bankrupt clientās property was valid, after the client agreed to mortgage his property as security for up to $100,000 in legal costs, saying it was the only binding costs agreement they had.
Game maker Light & Wonder is fighting orders requiring it to hand over information to Aristocrat Gaming for a possible suit alleging it and two former employees who jumped ship misused confidential information about Aristocrat’s popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games.