The end of the common fund order is a setback for class actions that will see a revival of the days of closed proceedings, costly […]
Judges have no power to order all class action members to pay a proportion of a litigation funder’s commission out of their share of a […]
More than a decade after the High Court ruled that third parties could finance legal proceedings in Australia, the court has issued another game changing […]
The High Court is poised this week to issue its judgment in a case challenging the validity of common fund orders in class actions, a […]
The Full Federal Court has handed a win to Hytera in its high-stakes intellectual property litigation with Motorola, allowing the Chinese radio manufacturer to file […]
Arguing the court was wrong to rule that its trade mark was not inherently distinctive, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is challenging a judgment that revoked […]
A judge has given the Australian Taxation Office more time to appeal a ruling that threw out a $92 million tax bill for Swiss mining […]
Motorola has urged the Full Federal Court to uphold a decision dismissing an amended defence by Chinese rival Hytera Communications that sought to blame the […]
HWL Ebsworth claims it was justified in firing a former partner for being dishonest about why he printed out confidential material, as the firm challenges […]
Shareholders have appealed a ruling that found a “serious problem” with market-based causation and dismissed three cases against the liquidator of failed global financial services […]