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A WA insurance broker has brought a $3 million case against insurance broking network Steadfast Group as well as insurers QBE and Allianz, alleging they engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the market for insurance broking services in Australia.
A class action against Queensland and two hospitals on behalf of First Nations people alleging institutional racism must plead a comparator group by which their treatment is to be measured, a court has said.
The privacy watchdog has cleared a property company run by lawyer Dominique Grubisa of claims of misuse of personal information, but has referred concerns about promotional statements to the ACCC.
The former CEO of the Australian Film Institute, who alleges he was ousted through a sham redundancy, has dropped his bid for reinstatement.
ASIC has lost its appeal of a failed bid to strike out of parts of mining magnate Clive Palmer’s claim that he was subject to an unlawful examination by the regulator, with a judge finding the pleading properly identified the ASIC officers involved.
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In the first climate change case to reach its doors, the High Court has been urged to reject Mach Energy’s “strict approach” to considering the local impacts of its Mount Pleasant coal mine extension under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act.
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Vicinity Centres will pay $400 million to acquire the Eastern Creek Quarter retail precinct in Western Sydney from Frasers Property.
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Queensland developer Azure has partially won a security of payment spat, with a judge finding an adjudicator erred in finding it owes $1.7 million to a contractor for works on a luxury apartment building.
Wotton Kearney has entered into a partnership with legal services provider SynLaw that will allow Commonwealth agencies to brief the firm’s lawyers on public law matters alongside SynLaw.
LG Australia has defeated an appeal of a decision which found it did not breach the duty of care owed to the owners of a refrigerator which caught fire, who were not provided with a replacement through a recall process.