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Combatting "opportunistic" class actions is one of the main drivers behind proposed legislation to reform Australia's continuous disclosure laws, but the federal treasury department has brushed off a Senate committee's request for a list of cases apparently deserving of the derogatory tag.
To those who know Tim Finney as the talented solicitor who helped launch a successful law firm at the age of 34, it might come as a surprise to learn that the Litigation Rising Star once had a paying gig as a music journo meditating on, or grappling with, in his own words, “the eternal difficulty of capturing how the sound of sound affects us”, and other things ineffable.
Opal Tower builder Icon and structural engineer WSP Structures have been joined as defendants in a class action brought by property owners, who have also added a slew of consumer law claims to the complex proceedings.
A judge has refused an application by banned lawyer Serene Teffaha for a temporary stay of a decision by Victoria's legal watchdog to strip her of her practising certificate.
Two former detainees of youth detention centres in the Northern Territory can't rejoin a class action against the NT government after settling their claims, despite the "unsatisfactory" circumstances surrounding their exclusion from the proceedings, a judge has found.
Slater and Gordon principal Kaitlin Ferris leadership prowess extends beyond the world of class actions, with the natural born leader also earning praise for "walking the walk" on equitable briefing and diversity.
The government's proposed changes to the country's continuous disclosure regime substitutes a "bright line legal test" with a "very very messy law" that will weaken enforcement and could undermine the integrity of Australia's capital markets, a Senate committee has heard.
A judge has gutted a defence and counterclaim filed by the biggest unitholder in investment fund Vale in a battle with a litigation funder and liquidators over agreements to join two class actions against S&P Capital, a fight that threatened to hold up one of the class actions.
Plaintiffs in a class action against Advanta Seeds rejected a $10 million offer to settle the litigation, which was later dismissed by a judge.
The best piece of career advice barrister Dion Fahey ever got had nothing to do with getting ahead.