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Insurer Allianz Australia has been unsuccessful in an application to limit Uniting Church's coverage for historical sexual misconduct claims to $15 million under a professional indemnity policy.
A judge has urged the Federal Court's rules committee to settle a question hanging over liquidators seeking to bring unfair preferences proceedings against multiple defendants.
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Granting a joinder bid in an unfair preferences case over the failure of carpentry firm Empryl, a judge has urged the Federal Court's rules committee to resolve a question hanging over liquidators seeking to bring proceedings against multiple defendants.
The Full Court has found that a pleading error in an underpayments class action against The Reject Shop which left it empty of group members can be fixed but that the amended pleading cannot be backdated.
The High Court has rejected former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann's special leave application seeking to appeal civil findings that he raped colleague Brittany Higgins.
A former RAMS franchisee has raised concerns about a joint trial of its case with a related class action against the defunct Westpac home loan subsidiary, saying the overlap between the cases may be “much less than advertised”.
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The bankruptcy trustee for Dyldam Developments director Sam Fayad has raised concerns about upcoming sales of property in western Sydney, saying an $8 million loan secured against the real estate may be a "sham".
Boral wants a judge to wait until the High Court delivers a judgment in cases against CBA before issuing his decision in shareholder class actions against the building materials giant. But the applicant says the court can’t wait for “perfect clarification” of the law.
The Full Court has rejected Medibank's bid to appeal a finding that legal professional privilege did not attach to a Deloitte report commissioned in the wake of a massive data breach.
Former Star CEO Matthias Bekier is seeking leave to appeal a judge's finding that he and the casino operator's former GC breached their duties, while ASIC is mulling a challenge to the court's dismissal of its case against members of the Star board.