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Two Melbourne-based aged care providers want negligence claims that are unrelated to COVID-19 removed from class actions over their handling of the pandemic, in a move that may exclude a “very large number” of group members from the proceedings.
Tabcorp and its Tatts unit have filed three proceedings against the ATO this year, with the gambling giants asking the court to allow a total of $538 million in deductions for gambling licences in three states over three financial years.
ASIC is seeking $1.5 million in penalties against insurers Allianz and AWP after they admitted to misleading or deceiving the public by selling travel insurance to ineligible customers through three Expedia-owned websites.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken legal action against international dental care company Smile Direct Club for allegedly misleading tens of thousands of consumers with claims they would be eligible for private health insurance coverage for their aligner teeth straighteners.
Two law firms running competing class actions against insurance giant Allianz have dropped a plan to resolve the duplication by jointly running just one of the cases, opting for consolidation instead.
Lander & Rogers special counsel Melissa Tan brings the same fierce work ethic and tenacity when competing in Latin dancing competitions around the globe that she does to working on complex insurance disputes.
The owner of a Sydney-based jewellery design house is facing a sexual harassment lawsuit by an employee who claims he gave her multiple diamond rings and necklaces, slapped her on the buttocks and made numerous unwelcome remarks about her body.
Japanese oil company Inpex has sued Dutch paint manufacturer AkzoNobel for allegedly making misleading statements about an epoxy coating it supplied for use in the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas project in Bladin Point, Darwin.
A unit of Australian funds manager One Investment Group is seeking to recoup almost $90 million in debts allegedly owed by three former directors of collapsed property developer Steller Group.
A judge has denied defunct insurance broker All Class Insurance its bid for indemnity cover for the alleged theft of company funds by its director, finding the director misappropriated trust funds and fraudulently did not disclose the conduct to insurer Chubb Insurance.