A judge has questioned whether recent changes to defamation law requiring courts to determine if a publication has caused serious harm ahead of trial are […]
A court has appointed a referee to examine whether a law firm’s communications with Golden Financial furthered a plan by the financial advisory firm to […]
A senior barrister who represented Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney in mediation of two cases last year has been allowed to appear against him at […]
A wife employed by her barrister husband can seek compensation for unpaid wages because the claim is based on their employment relationship not their marital […]
A judge has approved a $12 million payment to the funder of two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven, even as the funder plans to appeal […]
The question of power to make a common fund order at the end of a class action was no longer a hypothetical one and it […]
The High Court killed off all common fund orders, not just the kind sought at the start of a class action, a judge has said […]
A judge has blessed a law firm’s $16.6 million legal bill for running two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven despite a contradictor’s argument that it […]
Courts stepped up their scrutiny of class action settlements in 2022, with judges grappling with difficult issues such as funding commissions in employment cases and […]
A judge has thrown out an underpayments class action against NSW not-for-profit Life Without Borders for failure to advance the case with due diligence and […]