What started out as a directions hearing Wednesday to set a date for trial in a case against a group of Hall Chadwick partners brought […]
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 litigation funders underwriting Australia’s booming class actions industry have hit a setback, with the High Court deciding Wednesday that the common fund orders they […]
AMP’s group executive says she was never told of bullying claims made against her by former general counsel Larissa Cook until the lawyer filed a […]
Billionaire and former politician Clive Palmer knew he needed a licence to use Twisted Sister’s hit song ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ but went ahead […]
Former Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has settled his lawsuit against Rugby Australia and NSW Rugby alleging his $5.7 million contract was unfairly terminated over homophobic […]
A Federal Court judge has vacated a hearing on liability in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s lawsuit against Sony alleging the entertainment company misled […]
A US institutional investor can use hindsight evidence in its breach of contract case against a former ANZ Bank trustee over the winding up of […]