Lawyers representing two class actions against the state of Queensland over alleged unlawful removals of Indigenous children have called on the state to produce unredacted files about the lead applicants.
The liquidators for landbanking company Aviation 3030 can recover half of a $3.4 million landholder duty from a former director, after a judge found they reaped benefits from indirect ownership in land sold for $135 million in 2018.
Bakers Delight has filed a challenge to a finding that it was subject to a statutory reverse onus aimed at employers, in a Fair Work Ombudsman underpayments case against a franchisee.
A Melbourne couple whose defamation claims against an AFP commander were thrown out by a jury has had their appeal rejected.
A lawyer has won a $160,000 defamation judgment against her former clients over defamatory emails sent to members of the government and the legal profession.
Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus has won discovery to pursue a possible copyright claim stemming from a Royal Australian Air Force flight simulator contract.
Jaguar Land Rover can’t make an offer to settle the claims of unrepresented group members in a class action over alleged faulty filter systems until after it provides a copy of the offer to solicitors representing the class.
A judge has discontinued a second class action against Monsanto over its Roundup weed killer, but rejected the company’s bid for an order that group members be barred from bringing similar claims.
A shareholder and creditor of failed energy company Armour Group will have to front $3.5 million in security in its case against law firm Baker McKenzie and others ahead of an upcoming trial.
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis is challenging the loss of its case against Sydney-based generics company Pharmacor over a patent for heart medication Entresto.