Judges

A law firm partner working on a shareholder class action over the collapse of Blue Sky Alternative Investments has faced cross-examination by counsel for auditor EY over alleged delays in seeking to amend the case.

A judge has dismissed a bid by two Liberty Steel companies to stay a case brought in NSW by administrators for collapsed supply chain finance company Greensill while a related case in the UK proceeds. 

Probuild is fighting legal professional privilege claims by the co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria, who have brought a $356 million defects case against the collapsed builder. 

Australian e-gift card company Prezzee has succeeded in blocking New Zealand-based Epay from selling its Giftzzy voucher cards featuring the words 'powered by Prezzy' in Australian stores, for now.

A criminal barrister who has taken heat for his criticism of Israel has been sworn in as a judge on the NSW Supreme Court, with the new judge describing the importance of the justice system in a time "where evidence is often ignored or derided and truth is whatever it is called to be".

The Parramatta Eels has flagged the possibility of joining the Melbourne Storm to its case against wantaway player Zac Lomax, saying the rival club may need to answer claims it entered into discussions “in bad faith”.

A judge has upheld a legal privilege claim over a transcript of an interview between a solicitor and a priest in an abuse case, despite the transcript's production in another case by an insurer without an assertion of privilege.

Mercedes-Benz has hit back at a class action over alleged emissions cheating, denying its cars were fitted with defeat devices and arguing any engine features found to act as such devices were needed for safety.

A funder that unsuccessfully sued the plaintiffs to recover funds advanced for a lawsuit against Transport for NSW over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex highway project has lodged an appeal.

The law firm running a class action against Origin Energy has argued the case is “financially unviable” if it is stuck with a 30 per cent contingency fee ordered by the court, in the first-ever application to vary a group costs order.