Victoria

The owners of luxury fashion department store Harrolds are facing a $10 million lawsuit over alleged unpaid rent on the business' flagship Collins Street store in Melbourne.

A class action against Toyota Finance has argued it can add new claims that are out of time because Victorian courts cannot factor in the loss of limitations defences in deciding whether to allow amendments. 

Budget supermarket Aldi has won its appeal of a tribunal decision which found that upper limits on rental increases fell afoul of the Retail Leases Act.

A law firm facing a representative proceeding for allegedly giving negligent advice to 700 survivors of institutional child sexual abuse is seeking to strip the case of class action status.

Australia's largest toll road operator, Transurban, has been ordered to pay compensation to ConnectEast in a dispute over an annual services fee of $10 million.

Appeals court judge Richard Niall has been appointed to lead the Supreme Court of Victoria, following the retirement of Chief Justice Anne Ferguson.

A class action on behalf of 700 patients alleging Monash IVF destroyed potentially viable embryos has told a court the majority of late registrants should not share in the $56 million settlement.

A former Mills Oakley client has taken legal action against the law firm after an agreement drafted by a partner to settle an estate dispute was found to be void.

The University of Melbourne will backpay $72 million to 25,000 academics who were paid on a ‘words-per-hour’ or ‘time-per-student’ basis, a practice it now acknowledges was unlawful.

A class action on behalf of 330,000 super members has settled against the trustees of the MLC Super fund, just days after another superannuation class action flopped.