Law Firms

The receiver for Banksia Securities — the failed lender at the centre of a scandal-ridden class action — has argued a new case accusing him of serious misconduct is vexatious and wants a court to release him from the claims.

A judge has allowed a class action over Isuzus that allegedly contained emissions cheat devices to send an opt out notice to group members that includes a warning that if they sell their cars, they may “lose some or all of the money” they could receive in any settlement. 

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has denied knowingly selling alleged ineffective medications under its Benadryl, Sudafed and Codral brands, saying research indicated the phenylephrine-containing products worked. 

The Australian Financial Review has hit back at a defamation suit by the owner of Melbourne jazz venue Bird’s Basement over articles about a former employee’s now-discontinued suit, saying the articles were a fair report of public documents.

The federal government has hit back against a class action by single women and same-sex couples deemed “socially infertile” and denied Medicare rebates for IVF, denying group members were treated less favourably because of their marital status or sexual orientation.

Swiss greentech company Kanadevia Inova has been hit with another suit by the receivers over a contract for the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia.

Super fund Cbus has made admissions in the corporate regulator's case over long delays in the processing of $20 million in death and disability claims, with the action to progress directly to penalty.

A tribunal has recommended that lawyer and wealth guru Dominique Grubisa be struck from the roll of practitioners over conduct that included hiring a private investigator to look into another solicitor.

A Melbourne developer has sued its director, alleging that he unlawfully issued himself shares in an industrial estate development in Epping using a “simulated” signature, a claim which the director denies. 

Tabcorp has settled a lawsuit by a former CEO who alleged his coerced resignation over alleged offensive language was inconsistent with a boardroom history of condoning off-colour remarks.