Law Firms

The cyclist involved in a collision with former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and his wife wanted more than half a million dollars in return for dropping threats of defamation proceedings, the couple has told the Federal Court.

Ahead of a first case management hearing this month, superannuation fund trustee Equity Trustees has hit back at ASIC’s action over member's investment in the now defunct Shield fund, saying the regulator failed to warn it.

The developer of a North Ipswich residential estate has lost its appeal against orders that it pay over $250,000 in commissions to a real estate project marketing company hired to facilitate the sale of lots.

The holder of a mining tenement in Western Australia has succeeded in setting aside a $500,000 statutory demand by a pastoral leaseholder, with a court finding there was a genuine issue in dispute about whether the amount was owed when no mining activities were undertaken.

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on two failed shareholder class actions against the Commonwealth Bank, in a case that could clarity the elusive test for damages in shareholder class actions.

The IP rights holder of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings franchises has resolved its trade mark dispute with Australian vegan burger chain Lord of the Fries.

The applicant in an underpayments class action against Wilson Security brought on behalf of fly-in-fly-out security workers wants a second opinion on a $3.05 million settlement in the case.

Qantas has brought a strike-out application in a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who allegedly never received refunds after their flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Retail energy supplier AGN has defended its series of 'Love Gas' ads against enforcement action by the consumer regulator, saying it had reasonable grounds for promising the product was "becoming renewable".

The law firm running a no win, no fee class action against ANZ and superannuation trustee OnePath has defended a $1.7 million cut from a $50 million settlement to cover an after-the-event insurance policy.