Judges

The applicant in a failed class action against Queensland utilities Stanwell and CS Energy can't get its hands on fee invoices as it prepares its response to a claim for recovery of what could be up to $40 million in costs.

John Holland has persuaded a court to limit an expert determination in a dispute with contractor Downer EDI over the construction of a rollingstock manufacturing facility in Torbanlea, Queensland.

London City Equities has reached a settlement with listed firm Excelsior in a case alleging shareholder oppression over a decision to sell off a subsidiary for $101 million and not distribute the proceeds.

Design tech giant Canva has succeeded in opposing a former software engineer's claim of coercion in an employment suit over his sacking.

Plaintiff firm Margalit Injury Lawyers has escaped a client's bid to revive his negligence suit, with an appeals court finding the firm was protected by advocate’s immunity. 

Singapore's CapitaLand has secured judgment in the Federal Court against a missing executive accused of embezzling the real estate asset manager's funds.

The Herald Sun has apologised to Victorian deputy Liberal leader Sam Groth and his wife, Brittany, over articles at the centre of a privacy and defamation lawsuit brought by the pair.

Underpayments class actions against Coles and Woolworths want to expand their claims to cover a longer time period, which would leave the supermarket giants with even bigger remediation bills than the $780 million estimated in the wake of a finding that underpayments cannot be set off.

The NSW government is fighting a bid to add a direct discrimination claim by the lead applicant in a class action alleging racial discrimination over the placement of children in state care. 

The High Court has rejected a removal application by paramedics in a class action over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued in 2021 by the Queensland Ambulance Service.