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Super Retail appeal to have ‘significant impact’ on settlements, court told
Employment 2024-09-19 3:43 pm By Sam Matthews

Super Retail’s appeal of a decision refusing to suppress the terms of an alleged settlement with its former top lawyer raises important questions about without prejudice negotiations, a court has heard.

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Mastercard takes swipe at use of Reserve Bank statistics in ACCC’s case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-17 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mastercard is fighting an evidentiary win for the competition watchdog in a case alleging the payments giant misused its market power in deals with major retailers.

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Aussie Skips dumps appeal of penalty in waste cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-09 11:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

Waste company Aussie Skips and its boss have binned their appeal of a multimillion dollar penalty for a price-fixing plot with rival Bingo Industries.

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Second class action against Quintis wants settlement half to cover legal costs
Class Actions 2024-09-02 11:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

Citing the significant time and costs invested in the litigation, the applicant in the second filed class action over the collapse of Quintis wants his half of a $4.37 million settlement with the sandalwood producer to fund ongoing costs in what remains of the case.

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BlueScope says it ‘went close to the line’, but did not breach cartel laws
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-26 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

BlueScope Steel is seeking to overturn a record $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted price-fixing with flat steel distributors, telling an appeals court that it was simply trying to make its competitors understand “it was in their interests to price differently”. 

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Quintis class action settlement sum revealed, rival funder wants piece
Class Actions 2024-08-07 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

A $13.5 million settlement has been reached in a Gadens-led class action against former Quintis director Frank Wilson, and the funder of a rival class action is preparing to seek a chunk of the sum in what a judge has called a “most unusual circumstance”.

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Class action against Quintis founder settles, but law firm fight looms over ‘parasitic’ claim
Class Actions 2024-07-31 2:00 pm By Sam Matthews

A Gadens-led class action against former Quintis director Frank Wilson has settled, but a second class action filed by a rival firm has flagged a potential claim on the settlement funds over a cause of action said to have been “picked up parasitically”. 

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Full Court revives defamation case over A Current Affair episode
Defamation 2024-07-31 11:01 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Federal Court has revived an out-of-time defamation case over an episode of A Current Affair, finding that it would not have been reasonable to file the proceedings within a year given the “spectre of criminal proceedings” against Queensland man Geoffrey Landrey.

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3A cladding class action wins spat over issues to be canvassed at two-month trial
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-07-19 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Building materials manufacturer 3A Composites has lost a challenge to questions for a judge at an initial trial of a class action over combustible cladding, with a judge finding the issue of whether the company’s Alucobond panels were of acceptable quality was common to all group members. 

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Sydney barrister wins indemnity costs after $150,000 defamation award
Defamation 2024-06-24 10:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney barrister Gina Edwards has been awarded part of her costs in an indemnity basis after securing $150,000 in damages in her defamation case over Channel Nine’s coverage of her battle for custody of famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle.

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