Law Firms

After a win in their spat over the sale of Brazil's Santa Rita nickel mine, two Australian companies who held all shares in the mine's owner, Atlantic Nickel, may seek costs against Omni Bridgeway and Balance REV, the litigation funders of the loser in the case.

A class action by property owners near a GrainCorp factory in rural Victoria has defeated the company's bid for security for costs, with a judge finding the orders would stultify the proceedings.

Scenic Tours Australia has denied it provided services to international passengers, in a class action over a 2018 European cruise where river levels dropped so low they became impassable. 

A class action by Sydney Trains’ operations staff, which settled for up to $7.6 million in January, will head back to the negotiating table after the registration of some 260 new group members pushed the settlement above the agreed cap.

Two University of Sydney academics accused of making anti-Semitic remarks following the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas have questioned proposed amendments to a discrimination case, including references to the Bondi massacre in December.

The applicant in a class action against The Reject Shop told an appeals court Tuesday the case was always a representative proceeding despite a pleading mistake that left it empty of group members.

A class action over the government’s live exports ban is appealing a finding that no additional cattle would have been exported to Indonesia absent the prohibition, saying the judge failed to fully appreciate the “unheralded” ban.

Wotton Kearney has bolstered its health practice with the appointment of former Makinson D’Apice partner Eliza Faulk and her team of six.

A judge has encouraged singer Guy Sebastian to resolve his long-running case against his former manager Titus Day, saying the parties should “move on in life”.

Victoria will pay $125 million in a settement finalised on Monday in a class action over the state's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program.