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A judge has approved a walk-away settlement with two former directors of RCR Tomlinson in a shareholder class action against the failed engineering company.
Infrastructure services company Downer EDI has been hit with a class action after revealing "accounting irregularities" that sent its share price tumbling.
The applicant in an underpayments class action against telecommunications contractor Tandem -- which has been stayed since the company entered administration -- has asked a court to abandon the case.
Companies linked to the wife of the disgraced Banksia Securities class action silk Norman O'Bryan have offered $1.25 million to settle proceedings seeking to recover a $21.5 million judgment for defrauded investors.
A bid to drop a class action against Philips Electronics over recalled sleep apnea machines showed a gap in access to justice that was “very hard to fill” given the high cost of bringing large scale litigation, a judge has said.
Mining services company Thiess has settled a class action by fly-in fly-out workers who alleged they were not paid for time spent on the bus travelling home from a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.
Boutique law firm Barry Nilsson has snagged a Norton Rose Fulbright disputes partner who specialises in healthcare product liability class actions and his five-member team to join its Sydney office.
The legal industry has praised the historic appointment of Debra Mortimer as the first female Chief Justice of the Federal Court, noting her modern approach to managing cases and compassionate nature.
Transport for NSW has refused to hand over transactional documents related to its $16 billion Westconnex project in a class action over the alleged fraudulent acquisition of land to construct the tunnel in inner western Sydney.
Car dealers that brought a class action against General Motors over its decision to retire the Holden brand in Australia are refuting the car maker's claims that they did not mitigate their alleged losses, telling the court they signed 1-year support agreements which GM has yet to execute.