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Insurers on hook for combustible cladding claims against builder LU Simon
Insurance 2023-06-06 3:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found insurers must cover claims against builder LU Simon Builders over alleged combustible cladding in Melbourne’s Atlantis Towers after a judge found […]

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‘Fundamentally wrong’: Judge pans AMP’s payment to PwC for remediation review
Financial Services 2023-06-02 3:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

It was “fundamentally wrong” that AMP paid consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers significantly more to review a court-ordered remediation than was paid to customers who suffered loss after […]

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Virgin class action wants DOCA indemnity clause amended to reflect ‘what creditors were told’
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-05-31 4:39 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action of bond holders accusing Virgin Australia of failing to disclose its true financial position in a 2019 prospectus for a capital raising […]

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Insurers challenge CIMIC win on coverage for Iraq bribery cases
Insurance 2023-05-24 1:12 pm By Sam Matthews

Appeals and cross-appeals are flying over a judge’s finding that engineering services firm CIMIC Group can pursue insurance claims for costs arising from allegations it […]

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MLC ordered to pay $10M penalty for ‘serious failure’
Insurance 2023-05-18 1:35 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered MLC to pay $10 million for its “serious failure” to pay life insurance benefits to customers undergoing rehabilitation, in an ASIC […]

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Judge orders discovery of legal advice in spat over $45B Ichthys LNG project
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-18 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered contractor JKC Australia to hand over legal advice relating to a settlement deed it entered with Japanese oil company Inpex in […]

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Are the courts really plagued by duplicative class actions?
Analysis 2023-05-15 12:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

A fed-up judge has vented his frustration with the problem of competing class actions in a move that appears to punish the second filed case […]

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Meridian continues raid of McCabes to grow insurance team
Business of Law 2023-05-15 10:30 pm By Gareth Baker

National law firm Meridian Lawyers has nabbed two senior practitioners from McCabes for its insurance group, less than a month after luring 14 lawyers and […]

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‘Plagued with competing class actions’: Judge stays latecomer Medibank case for now
Class Actions 2023-05-12 1:26 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge aggrieved by the “plague” of competing class actions in the courts has temporarily stayed a second data breach class action against Medibank, and […]

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Judge asks if he must ‘second guess’ legal advice in Linchpin class action
Class Actions 2023-05-12 3:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing an investor class action over the collapse of advisory firm Linchpin Capital has questioned whether he has to “effectively second guess” a […]

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