Judges

A rejected $100 offer of compromise was not sufficient to warrant a costs order to a Queensland automotive company after it succeeded in Fair Work proceedings brought by a former contractor, a judge has found.

The Federal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Forum Finance founder Bill Papas for contempt of court for allegedly transferring $720,000 out of one of his companies in breach of a freezing order.

A Sydney-based plastic surgeon with more than 5 million followers on TikTok has taken the ABC to court to block an upcoming episode of Four Corners about him from running.

A judge has rejected a request to discontinue a class action on behalf of investors in failed music streaming platform Guvera, saying it was “difficult to understand” why the applicants had launched the case as a class action in the first place.

Queensland crane company NQCranes has lost its bid to strike out the bulk of the ACCC’s amended case alleging it engaged in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets.

Last week’s judgment denouncing the scandalous behaviour of the legal team running the Banksia Securities class action cast a spotlight on the conduct of lawyers for some of the defendants, asking whether “untenable” defences were maintained beyond an acceptable point in the case.

The Federal Court has slugged wealth management firm Colonial First State Investments with a $20 million penalty for misleading almost 13,000 superannuation members about their MySuper entitlements through a "concerted campaign" that lasted two years.

IVF provider Virtus Health would be “the author of its own fate” if its proposed acquisition of rival Adora Fertility flopped, a judge has said in hearing the ACCC’s bid for a temporary injunction blocking completion of the planned purchase.

Three companies operated by convicted accountant Vanda Gould have failed again to block further cross examination of Gould by the Commissioner of Taxation in a number of tax appeals in the Federal Court.

A judge has criticised a proposed settlement notice in a shareholder class action against GetSwift for failing to inform group members of how much they would receive from the "very light" settlement, which relies heavily on the logistics firm's success after relocating out of Australia.