Judges

A judge has granted Johnson & Johnson's bid for soft class closure in a class action over alleged ineffective cold medications, saying it would aid in settlement negotiations. 

A judge has slammed NAB for failing to comply with court orders in a negligence case against the bank, calling its actions "discourteous and unacceptable".

A retiring Federal Court judge has defended the class action regime he helped to shape, telling colleagues and practitioners in his farewell speech that the jurisdiction was in its "Goldilocks moment".

The corporate regulator has sought court declarations against super trustee Netwealth over the failed First Guardian investment fund, which along with the collapsed Shield is believed responsible for $1 billion in losses.

A judge has pushed out freezing orders against the former chief investment officer of failed investment firm Falcon Capital, dismissing the excecutive's complaint that he was leaning on friends to pay bills.

The Australian Taxation Office is appealing a win for gold producer Evolution Mining after an initial trial over the company's purported decision to cancel the transfer of $31 million in post-acquisiton losses.

A court has tossed a lawsuit by the Wilderness Society alleging NOPSEMA failed to ensure Santos has the financial means to decommission its Reindeer gas field off the coast of Karratha in Western Australia.

Law firm Mallesons, which is named in proceedings brought by failed property developer FSM, has denied it knew that a former director used company loans to pay off personal debts.

A judge has tossed a nuisance claim by the Perth Day Hospital against its neighbour Fitness Cartel, finding its use of the property for "hypersensitive" surgery and medical procedures was not an 'ordinary use' protected by nuisance law.

The High Court has declined to review a ruling from the Victorian Court of Appeal that found domestic building insurance policies do not respond to when a defect arises, but rather to when loss or damage is suffered.