A judge has rejected claims from the defendants in a sinking homes class action by Sydney homeowners that determining common question is not a ‘material change’ that would warrant additional discovery, but still declined to order discovery.
A group of class actions against healthcare providers in Victoria that allegedly failed to pay junior doctors for overtime have settled for $175 million.
The corporate regulator has asked the Full Court to stamp out avenues for corporate mischief, as it challenges a finding about the authorised representative exemption to the licence requirement of financial services providers.
Green iron start-up Element Zero has lost its latest bid to set aside search orders in a case by Fortescue alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron.
ASIC is having another go at cyber enforcement after its first case accusing a company of breaching the Corporations Act by failing to have adequate cybersecurity systems largely flopped.
The Full Federal Court’s docket for 2025 is stacked with class action appeals after a bad run for plaintiffs at trial.
The national operations manager at an Australian law firm has been struck from the roll for professional misconduct after a tribunal found she had a “pattern and history of dishonesty” while dealing with trust accounts.
The Star’s former CEO has told a court he thought a general counsel was “painting very dramatic pictures” when he voiced concerns about cash transactions in junket operator Suncity’s VIP room.
Liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group have brought proceedings against Hall & Wilcox, the law firm for the company’s previous liquidators.
A court has approved the construction of 669 apartments in the Western Sydney suburb of Edmonson Park after the local council initially refused the development application filed on behalf of Bathla Group.