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A judge has OK'd a settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates, along with $27 million in fees charged by Maurice Blackburn and Slater & Gordon, after initially questioning the difference between the firms' rates.
A judge has balked at Maurice Blackburn's hourly rates in a jointly run class action against Treasury Wine Estates, questioning why the firm charged 20 per cent more than fellow preeminent class action firm Slater & Gordon.
Aviation company Corporate Air Charter is taking its fight over pilot pay up to the High Court, after twice losing its argument that stand-by duty should not be remunerated.
An appeals court has upheld a decision that found a pilot employed by Corporate Air Charter is entitled to be paid for stand-by duty.
A judge has revived a long-running suit against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and Victorian state secretary John Setka, granting the plaintiffs leave to appeal orders dismissing the case and file an eighth iteration of their pleadings against the union over the infamous Pentridge building site.
A judge has rejected Fonterra's bid to restrain Bega from using the Bega trade mark on packaging for peanut butter and nut products as well as Bega's counterclaim alleging Fonterra failed to invest, promote and develop new Bega products in breach of their trade mark agreement.
National rugby league team Melbourne Storm has brought legal action against former CEO Dave Donaghy seeking an injunction banning him from taking on the top post at the Brisbane Broncos until August.
A judge has hit a Port Melbourne container terminal with costs for wasting time in a $80 million lawsuit against the CFMEU over picketing at the world's first fully automated container terminal, finding the company's explanations for the delay, including that COVID-19 had slowed it down, were "inconsistent" and "odd".
A judge has blasted AMP for dragging a fight over documents to court this close to Christmas, after software company DST Bluedoor revealed it is seeking $35.5 million in loss and damages against the financial services firm for allegedly inducing 11 employees to jump ship after licensing its online advisor platform.
An independent costs consultant has raised concerns about the legal costs sought by Maddens Lawyers from a $5.7 million settlement of the Falls Festival class action after the senior barrister leading the case delayed signing off on his rates with the law firm for a year.