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JB Hi-Fi wants an advance ruling in a class action on the period of cover provided to customers for breach of statutory guarantees under the consumer law, a question that has never been addressed by the courts.
The applicant in one of four declassed COVID-19 business interruption class actions has reached a settlement under which it will receive $100,000 and the funder the backed the case will pay $1 million towards Insurance Australia's costs.
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Dyldam Developments' former boss Sam Fayad and his two sons have been ordered to pay over $50 million in a case by the liquidator of a special purpose vehicle claiming company funds were misused.
HR company Employment Hero has launched legal action against investor and rival Seek, alleging the hiring giant has breached competition laws by terminating access to its API.
A judge has expressed worries that a class action against EY and collapsed Blue Sky Alternative Investments is “drifting” amid concerns from the defendants about "indulgent" discovery and potentially “significant” pleading changes.
A Sydney lawyer who sent profanity-laden emails to a Mills Oakley partner during a dispute with the Salvation Army and his mother-in-law over payment of a refundable deposit has been struck off the roll.
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A court has found that United Petroleum is not bound by the terms of a signed lease offer sent to a neighbouring Gold Coast pharmacy operator, ruling the company’s property consultant had no authority to negotiate or enter into a new lease on its behalf.
A challenge to a compensation determination by a group member in a class action against Johnson & Johnson unit DePuy may involve novel questions for the Full Court on the role of scheme administrators, a judge has said.
A judge has blocked the director of Taylors Business from representing the company in a consumer class action, finding he will not be of any assistance to the court.
Arnold Bloch Leibler and a litigation partner at the law firm are among defendants named in a new case for their representation of the mastermind behind the scandal-ridden Banksia Securities class action.