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A New South Wales developer's competition case against NSW Ports over a ports privatisation agreement looks bound for the High Court after a judge found a related ACCC proceeding did not bar it from bringing the case, which will challenge a Full Court finding that the ports operator was shielded by derivative Crown immunity.
The funder of a class action by financial advisers against AMP is seeking a $28.5 million profit from a $100 million settlement, a hefty payout that has prompted the appointment of a contradictor but may survive the scrutiny in light of a recent appeals court decision.
A judge has appointed a contradictor for an upcoming settlement approval hearing in a class action by financial advisers against AMP over its buyer of last resort policy, saying the funder was taking a “very large” cut of the $100 million settlement.
A judge has dismissed Aldi’s bid to have a class action alleging it underpaid Australian workers to the tune of $150 million summarily dismissed, saying the application was “not a suitable vehicle” to determine factual issues including whether a $17 million remediation nullifies the class action’s claims.
A judge has hit Airbnb with a $15 million penalty for misleading Australian consumers by displaying accommodation prices in US dollars, on top a $15 million consumer redress scheme the vacation rental giant has implemented.
The consumer watchdog has asked a court to impose a $15 million penalty against Airbnb in addition to a $15 million consumer redress scheme, in a case alleging the vacation rental giant misled Australian consumers by displaying prices in US dollars.
Discount supermarket chain Aldi has criticised a class action alleging it systematically underpaid workers across Australia to the tune of $150 million, claiming it has been served with a “bad pleading”.
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit over the $55 million sale of Queensland shopping centre brought by an arm of Elanor Investors Group, clearing the vendor and its agent of allegedly misleading or deceptive conduct.
An advocacy group has appealed a judgment that found it was "legally open" to federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to approve the extension of two mega coal mines in New South Wales.
A decision by federal environment minister Tanya Pibersek to greenlight the extension of two mega coal mines in NSW was “legally open” to her, a judge has ruled, despite acknowledging the “existential threat” of climate change.