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Group members set to get nothing in St Patrick’s Day bushfire class action settlement
Class Actions 2019-07-09 4:16 pm By Amelia Birnie

A settlement has been reached in the second of four St Patrick’s Day bushfire class actions filed by Maddens Lawyers, under which energy distributor PowerCor […]

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Another dispute over Ichthys LNG project may be brewing
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-07-04 11:53 am By Miklos Bolza

The contractor behind the Ichthys LNG project has won court approval to use documents discovered in its lawsuit against Dutch paint manufacturer AkzoNobel for use […]

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IOOF unit’s case ‘utterly unsupportable’, Sparke Helmore tells court
Trials 2019-07-02 8:40 pm By Miklos Bolza

Sparke Helmore has refuted allegations by IOOF subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees (SA) that it failed to provide proper legal advice to the trustee on a […]

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‘Neglect, inexperience, incompetence’: IOOF unit faces $82M trial over plantation sale
Trials 2019-07-01 7:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

IOOF subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees (SA) is facing an $82 million claim for compensation by investors angered by the way the trustee handled the sale […]

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RCR Tomlinson class actions get green light, multiplicity fight looms
Class Actions 2019-06-24 5:27 pm By Miklos Bolza

Three shareholder class actions against RCR Tomlinson have been allowed to continued, setting up a class action beauty contest over who will lead the litigation […]

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Competing law firms agree to join forces in BHP class action
Appeals 2019-06-21 10:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Rival law firms Phi Finney McDonald and Maurice Blackburn have offered to consolidate their competing shareholder class actions against BHP after prompting by the Full […]

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Judge has ‘real misgivings’ about security for costs bid in casual worker class actions
Class Actions 2019-06-17 10:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has baulked at an application by labour hire company Chandler Macleod and BHP unit Mt Arthur Coal seeking security for their legal costs […]

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AIG loses appeal over insolvency exclusion in Kaboko Mining D&O policy
Insurance 2019-06-14 9:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AIG Australia has failed to convince the Full Federal Court that an insolvency exclusion in a directors and officers policy held by Kaboko Mining should […]

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Spain to claim sovereign immunity in suit over $392M arbitration award
Arbitration 2019-06-13 7:57 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Kingdom of Spain is contesting attempts to enforce two arbitration awards worth $392 million in the Federal Court, claiming sovereign immunity as it attempts […]

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East Timor tries again to shut down case over $328M fuel supply contract
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-06-07 9:47 pm By Miklos Bolza

The government of East Timor will appeal a Victorian Supreme Court judgment dismissing its application to throw out a case brought by oil and gas […]

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