Plus500 has lost its bid to permanently stay a class action by investors who lost money trading in highly leveraged financial products, with a court finding that the arbitration clause relied on by the online trader was unfair and void.
The High Court has revived a class action by small business owners over the interference caused by the construction of the Sydney light rail network.
The liquidators of a defunct developer FSM have lost their bid to access unredacted copies of emails between Ray White Capital and King & Wood Mallesons.
The CSIRO has successfully appealed a decision that blocked the government agency’s application to patent a method of producing high-fibre wheat.
A court has signed off on a $6.8 million settlement in a class action against a Queensland trucking company on behalf of owners of cargo on a freight train derailed by a truck at a level crossing.
An appeals court has quashed the conviction of the former CEO of Bruck Textile Technologies, finding it was not open to the court to convict him despite his guilty plea.
A medical assessment served under the Wrongs Act by a patient of Dr Daniel Lanzer needed to come to the attention of the surgeon himself, not just his solicitors, despite the lawyers being authorised to receive other documents in the case, an appeals court has found.
The lead plaintiffs in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project will press on with a bid to discontinue the case, telling a judge they have exhausted all options for funding.
Crown Resorts has lost a fight against a proposal by funders for iProsperity Group’s liquidators to put up an after-the-event insurance policy as security for costs in a case that seeks to recover $55 million in gambling losses.
The Fair Work Commission has criticised a non-profit after two male social workers were demoted and their pay docked by $10,000 to address complaints by their female colleagues about pay disparity.