A judge has cut Slater & Gordon’s 33% contingency fee in a class action against Insurance Australia, saying it was too high since there was nothing “particularly novel” about the case.
The owners of Sydney’s Australia Square Tower have filed proceedings over $250,000 in damage allegedly caused by a subcontractor that flooded the iconic skyscraper’s lift shaft.
A former Lander & Rogers client that was hit with a $2.9 million legal bill for work on a construction matter has taken the firm to court, calling its costs disclosures “grossly inadequate”.
Law firm Gordon Legal has filed a tenth class action on behalf of junior doctors in Victoria who were allegedly underpaid for shift work, after several landmark wins in similar cases.
A court has dismissed Mt Arthur Coal’s attempt to tender unserved affidavits at trial in a miner’s personal injury case, agreeing that it would amount to “trial by ambush”.
General Motors is facing a class action over Holden vehicles allegedly fitted with faulty transmission systems over the last 13 years.
Jetstar has hit back at a class action over COVID-19 flights cancellations, denying that it used “unfair tactics” to avoid providing the refunds customers say they were owed.
A class action against implant maker Exactech has been stayed in light of its US bankruptcy, but a carve out allows the firm that brought the case to continue settlement negotiations.
Transport for NSW has asked the High Court to weigh in on when land is acquired for a ‘public purpose’, in a dispute over the value of land acquired near the Western Sydney Airport.
ANZ Bank New Zealand has lost its bid to appeal a ruling that common fund orders can be made in class actions, including at an early stage of the proceeding,