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Bruce Lehrmann admits he gave false evidence to AFP
Accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann has admitted during cross-examination in his defamation trial against Network Ten that he gave false evidence in an interview with the Australian Federal Police, which he relied on during a criminal trial last year.
United class action wants to add commission agents, join parent company
A franchise class action against United Petroleum has asked a court for leave to expand the class action to include a group of commission agents and to add the oil company's parent as a third defendant.
ASIC dodges indemnity costs for ‘unreasonable’ rejection of settlement in case against liquidator
ASIC has escaped an individual insolvency practitioner’s bid for indemnity costs in its failed case alleging illegal phoenix activity, with a judge finding the regulator did not unreasonably reject a settlement offer that would have netted it “a considerably better result” than it won at trial.
Sandoz tries again to invalidate Xarelto patents
Novartis unit Sandoz AG has filed an appeal after it was was barred from selling a generic version of top-selling blood clot drug Xarelto and failed to revoke two Bayer patents for the drug.
KPMG asks High Court again to hear class action transfer fight
Accounting firm KPMG has asked the High Court for a second time to weigh in on the relevance of a contingency fee order made in a Victoria Supreme Court class action to its bid to transfer the case to NSW.
Bruce Lehrmann went into ‘deep spiral’ after The Project interview aired, court told
Giving testimony during the first day of trial in his case against Network Ten, Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann said he suffered significant mental health struggles after the broadcaster aired allegations he raped fellow staffer Brittany Higgins at Parliament House.
Bruce Lehrmann settles defamation case against ABC
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has settled his defamation case against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation over coverage of the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins on the first day of trial, with proceedings to continue against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson. 
High Court asked to take up judicial immunity appeal
The state of Queensland has urged the High Court to step in after a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge was held personally liable for a man's false imprisonment.
Aveo’s $11M class action settlement OK’d, but ‘avoidable costs’ yet to be doled out
A judge has given the green light to a $11 million settlement in a class action against retirement village provider Aveo, but reserved his decision about whether a contested amount of over $1 million should go to group members or the law firm that brought the case.