Judges

A subcontractor that provided piling services on a Parramatta RSL carpark project has been ordered to pay excavation contractor A-Civil more than $350,000, with a judge finding it was liable for liquidated damages and other amounts.

Counsel representing a class action on behalf of thousands of Aussie Home Loan customers has told a trial judge brokers "planted seeds" to convince customers they needed to take out worthless mortgage protection insurance.

A class action on behalf of defence force members over alleged defective combat earplugs manufactured by 3M has won its bid for a further six months to serve its case, filed almost two years ago.

A judge has questioned counsel for a class action over public housing in the Northern Territory, grilling the barrister as to why the legal team had no contingency plan following the death of the lead applicant.

A judge has ordered advice platform JustAnswer to pay $10 million in the consumer regulator's case over misleading claims about its subscription service.

CMC Markets has avoided production of unredacted solicitors' invoices to support a bid for $8.6 million to cover costs in a class action, despite the applicant arguing the trading platform's legal team was "top-heavy” and the security application unprecedented.

Three Sydney residents have dropped their claims against Transport for New South Wales in a suit alleging a new cycleway on Oxford Street is discriminatory, after the court struck out most of their claims against the government agency. 

Melbourne builder Cobild has resolved a lawsuit brought against a developer arguing it must return a $497,000 bank guarantee under a contract to build a $50 million office complex.

A judge has discharged the mortgages and caveats developer Oliver Hume holds over a residential subdivision project in Onkaparinga Heights in favour of a renegotiated arrangement, allowing the landowner to deal with property amid an ongoing court dispute. 

An illegal online poker company, its director and a promoter of its service have been hit with a combined $24 million in penalties, with a judge doubling the penalty ACMA recommended against the promoter.