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Debt management firm to face trial after negotiations with ASIC ‘derail’
Debt management firm Solve My Debt Now will face trial over claims by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that it left vulnerable customers worse off, despite indicating last year it would admit liability.
Judge ‘far too demanding’ in Worley class action, shareholder says
A judge was too exacting in deciding the applicant in a shareholder class action against engineering services firm Worley suffered no loss from misleading guidance, an appeals court has heard.
In shareholder class action appeal, Worley argues judge ‘went off the rails’
A judge "went off the rails" in finding Worley liable for misleading or deceptive conduct, a lawyer for the engineering services company has said on the first day of an appeal in a shareholder class action.
Allergan may bring ‘state of the art’ defence in breast implants class action
US drug maker Allergan may defend a class action over recalled textured breast implants by arguing its knowledge of the alleged defects was limited by the state of scientific knowledge at the time the products were made.
In class action defence, Isuzu denies cars contained ‘defeat device’
Japanese car maker Isuzu has struck back at a class action, arguing Isuzu D-Max and MU-X cars sold in Australia did not contain the features of so-called defeat devices used to cheat on emissions tests.
Enviro group takes Tamboran to court over Beetaloo Basin fracking
Environmental activists claim fracking by natural gas company Tamboran in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin risks contaminating groundwater. 
Child removal class action gets more time to clarify claims
A child removal class action against the state of New South Wales has been given more time to clarify its pleadings after a judge raised concerns that parts of the "important case" were unclear.