A class action alleging negligent management by the Murray Darling Basin Authority can amend their case four weeks into trial, with a judge finding the late application was not the result of a “deliberate forensic decision”.
Acciona is targeting engineers SMEC and Jacobs Group in cross-claims after being joined to a class action over a deadly bus accident in NSW’s Hunter Valley, as two more parties in the proceeding flag further cross-claims.
Four doctors named in a class action over cosmetic surgeries performed at Daniel Lanzer’s clinic in Sydney can’t dodge claims they are liable as accessories for alleged misleading social media ads.
Maurice Blackburn has proposed expanding the group definition in class actions against Hyundai and Kia over allegedly defective anti-lock braking systems after winning a carriage fight against a proceeding that included additional recalls in its group membership.
Encrypted messaging app Telegram has won its bid to delay the hearing of its challenge to a $1 million fine from the eSafety Commissioner, after complaining about a “document dump” from the regulator.
A judge has ordered ANZ to explain itself after hearing the director of a Gold Coast property developer under investigation withdrew $112,000 from a bank account subject to freezing orders.
A developer has won an injunction to stop a builder from enforcing an adjudication decision in a dispute over a $3 million payment claim, with a judge finding it would be an abuse of process to make the developer pay.
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins is appealing a finding that she defamed Linda Reynolds in social media posts that implied the former Defence minister mishandled her rape allegations against ex-colleague Bruce Lehrmann.
As it battles for ACCC approval to buy the East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia, infrastructure giant Acciona faces litigation by waste management firm Veolia over the state’s other major plant.
A court has rejected a property developer’s bid to challenge a payment claim decision that found in favour of collapsed builder Kenik, the contractor on a $14 million Coles and Liquorland in Taringa.