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Mercedes-Benz can’t access chats with Labor senator in $650M dealer suit
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-08-04 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mercedes can’t access communications between Australia’s peak body for car dealers and a Labor senator to use in its defence of a $650 million lawsuit […]

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Mercedes bullied car dealers, called them ‘baby piglets’, court told
Trials 2022-08-03 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Officials at the Mercedes-Benz Australia head office referred to car dealers as “baby piglets” in internal communications and threatened and bullied the retailers, a trial […]

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Building giant BCEG wins $12M fraud case against former directors
Construction 2022-07-28 6:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Chinese construction and engineering firm BCEG has won a $12 million lawsuit against two former directors of an Australian subsidiary after they allegedly swindled millions […]

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Funder wants $13.2M commission from confidential Opal Tower class action settlement
Construction 2022-07-20 1:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Although the settlement sum has not been disclosed, court documents in the Opal Tower class action reveal the litigation funder backing the case will seek […]

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Funder drops ‘uneconomic’ GST class actions after High Court snubs special leave bid
Class Actions 2022-07-05 4:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has signed off on the discontinuance of two class actions against Canberra property developers for allegedly misleading investors about GST on their apartments, […]

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AIG loses bid for docs despite privilege waiver over barristers’ advice
Insurance 2022-07-05 6:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

AIG can’t force investment firm Sayers to hand over communications over which it claimed legal professional privilege, with a judge rejecting the argument that Sayers […]

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‘Where are our rights?’: ASIC wants to be heard in privilege row over PwC report
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-06-27 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has renewed its bid to see a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by TerraCom in order to defend the coal mining company’s appeal of a judgment […]

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Salter Bros scores win in suit against former Hendry Group CEO
Corporate 2022-06-17 3:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Salter Brothers has won its lawsuit against former Hendry Group CEO Emma Hendry alleging the firm was misled into investing millions of dollars into the […]

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Waste tyre boss owes $2M for using Maersk to take out his trash, shipper alleges
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-06-08 9:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has struck out a defence invoking the right against self-incrimination in a $2 million case brought by freight company Maersk alleging a Melbourne […]

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In tossing inventor’s IP challenge, Full Court says essential oil a ‘staple commercial product’
Intellectual Property 2022-05-27 10:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Federal Court has rejected an Australian inventor’s appeal of a ruling that found three manufacturers of essential oil products did not infringe his […]

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