A contradictor in two pelvic mesh class actions against Johnson & Johnson and unit Ethicon has told the court of the “extraordinary amount of group member unhappiness” following approval of a $300 million settlement – the largest in the history of Australian product liability group proceedings.
A judge has ordered two AMP units to pay a total of $24 million after finding the wealth manager acted unconscionably in charging insurance premiums and advice fees to deceased customers.
The ABC is relying on a new statutory public interest defence in a defamation case brought by accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann over its coverage of a National Press Club speech by his accuser, former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.
Nine has abandoned its truth defence in a case brought by Euro Pacific CEO Peter Schiff over a 60 Minutes report on an international tax evasion investigation, and the bank boss is entitled to judgment in his favour, a court has heard.
A judge has ordered MLC to pay $10 million for its “serious failure” to pay life insurance benefits to customers undergoing rehabilitation, in an ASIC case that also alleged the insurer failed to promptly update medical terms in policies.
Law firm Levitt Robinson has filed a second class action against the Western Australian government on behalf of inmates in the state’s Banksia Hill detention centre alleging unlawful disability and age discrimination.
A judge has ordered contractor JKC Australia to hand over legal advice relating to a settlement deed it entered with Japanese oil company Inpex in 2021, as it seeks to hold Dutch paint company AkzoNobel NV responsible for its “significant” potential liability under the settlement.
ANZ will no longer contest liability at trial in a case by the regulator over more than $10 million in cash advance fees charged to the credit card accounts of hundreds of thousands of customers.
Independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich is preparing to bring a defamation case against One Nation’s NSW leader, Mark Latham, after he published a homophobic post on Twitter last month.
The applicant in an investor class action over the collapse of advisory firm Linchpin Capital and Endeavour Securities has raised concerns about the authenticity of Linchpin’s business records, which it wants to put into evidence at trial in two months.