KMPG partner John Lindholm has escaped a potential probe into his decision to endorse a settlement in the scandal-ridden Banksia Securities class action as the receiver for the collapsed lender.
Former senior barrister Norman O’Bryan has pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges in connection with his role as counsel for the Banksia Securities class action.
The Victorian Supreme Court has granted cosmetic surgeon Daniel Lanzer an extension to provide discovery in a class action against him and his clinic after hearing he was facing medical issues.
Shine Lawyers has withdrawn an application to increase its payout from a class action against EML Payments, which has settled for $37.2 million.
NSW Police may face another class action over its use of strip searches, after it was ordered to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over strip searches at music festivals.
Agricultural giant Graincorp has reached a settlement in a class action by rural Victorians over noise and odour pollution allegedly emitted by its oilseed factory in rural Victoria.
The contingency fee rate sought by Shine Lawyers in its bid to vary a group costs order in a class action against EML Payments has been revealed as the percentage profit it initially proposed to a judge, who took an ax to it three years ago.
Piper Alderman has appointed a new partner to its litigation team in Sydney with specialist expertise in litigation funding.
Litigation funder Woodsford has struck back at a discrimination suit by a former female director, admitting its CEO described her male colleague as a “thrusting young buck” but denying the phrase was gendered.
Western Sydney University is facing a class action alleging it misled students into studying a health engineering degree that was unaccredited, on the heels of similar claims being leveled at the University of Newcastle.