Clayton Utz

Allens has bolstered its real estate team with the recruitment of a long-time Clayton Utz partner to join its Sydney office.

Real estate lawyer Vicki Aron has joined Clayton Utz's Sydney office as a partner after seven years at Ashurst.

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.

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis is challenging the loss of its case against Sydney-based generics company Pharmacor over a patent for heart medication Entresto.

The heir to a Queensland concrete empire has been granted access to Neilsen Group's books following a dispute with her brother over the company's operations that resulted in her appointment as a director.

The owners of Perth high rise HBF House have won their bid for more documents from builder CIMIC, as they seek to prove claims that the building squeaks when the weather changes and leaks when it rains. 

An environmental group has dropped its court fight over the expansion of the New Acland coal mine in Queensland, saying the case -- which went to the High Court -- had taken a heavy financial toll.

A class action against implant maker Exactech has been stayed in light of its US bankruptcy, but a carve out allows the firm that brought the case to continue settlement negotiations.

Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.

Hino Motors has agreed to pay $87 million to settle a consumer class action alleging it misrepresented that its vehicles met Australian emissions and road standards over a 20-year period.