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Contingency fee order in Arrium class action would remain in force in NSW, AG tells High Court
The NSW Supreme Court would have the power to deal with a contingency fee order made in a class action against KPMG if the accounting firm won its application to move the case from Victoria, making the existence of the order a neutral factor in the transfer bid, the federal Attorney-General has told the High Court.  
Offshore wind project Seadragon sues climate minister for project snub
An energy company has taken the minister for climate change and energy to court for refusing to greenlight its Seadragon wind farm project, which would have placed up to 150 wind turbines in waters off the coast of Gippsland, Victoria. 
Mattress company Sleeping Duck prevails in shareholder’s oppression lawsuit
Sleeping Duck has defeated a minority shareholder's case accusing it of engaging in oppression, with a judge rejecting claims the mattress company's two founders diluted the shareholder's interest and rejected commercially unreasonable offers to sell.
Silk Norman O’Bryan can’t appeal findings of fraud in Banksia class action
Unable to convince an appeals court that a common law right of appeal exists, disgraced former barrister Norman O'Bryan has failed in his challenge to findings of fraud in a judgment stemming from the Banksia class action saga.
Clyde & Co sued by liquidator of collapsed hotel quarantine security firm
The liquidator of a security firm that collapsed after being sued over Victoria's hotel quarantine debacle has taken the firm's former lawyers, Clyde & Co, to court.
Barry Nilsson failed to alert client until costs were 5x original estimate, lawsuit says
Law firm Barry Nilsson has been hit with proceedings by a former client who says was not informed the initial costs estimate of $6,000 provided by the firm had ballooned to $50,000 until her costs exceeded $32,000.
Housing class action to drop claims against Victoria, as judge slams ‘hasty’ new pleading
A class action over the Victorian government’s decision to retire Melbourne’s high rise public housing towers has agreed to drop claims against the state of Victoria and the minister for housing after a judge threw out the claims but allowed the class action to replead.
Honda’s abandonment of dealership model not unconscionable, judge finds
A Melbourne car dealer has largely lost a consumer law case against Honda Australia over its decision to abandon a dealership model, but is set to receive compensation for over 2,600 new vehicles it could have sold if Honda hadn’t ended its five-year contract early.
‘Shock and Orr’ warmly welcomed to the Victoria Court of Appeal
She earned the nickname 'Shock and Orr' as senior counsel assisting the banking royal commission, but the Victoria Court of Appeal's newest judge told those gathered to welcome her to the bench on Tuesday that she thought twice before accepting the daunting assignment.
Vic Supreme Court can’t prefer own state’s policy in class action transfer bid, High Court told
Supporting KPMG's bid to move a class action over the collapse of Arrium from Melboure to Sydney, former directors of the failed steel company have told the High Court the Victoria Supreme Court was impermissibly preferring the policy of its state in finding a contingency fee order made in the case could be factored into a transfer application.