A judge has struck out a circular and confusing group definition in an emissions cheat class action against Mercedes-Benz, but has given the class action the chance to replead.
Two barristers have been reprimanded for an offensive notice posted in the lifts of a Melbourne chambers, in an incident a judge said showed a “serious lapse” in judgment.
Paladin Energy has been hit with a shareholder class action over alleged misleading disclosures to the market about expected production at its flagship uranium mine in Namibia.
A judge has been asked to approve a $64.25 million settlement in a class action against the trustees of the MLC Super Fund, hearing the settlement, reached just prior to the dismissal of a similar class action, was on the “higher end”.
The corporate regulator has taken Holland Insurance to court, alleging it breached its duty of utmost good faith by taking over three years to resolve an insurance claim.
A lawyer who was fired for allegedly chucking a sickie to watch the AFL Gather Round games in Adelaide was not unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.
An appeals court has sided with the state of Victoria on a crucial issue in its case against LU Simon Builders over alleged combustible cladding on Melbourne’s Atlantis Towers.
The state of Victoria can’t set aside a liquidator’s disclaimer over hazardous waste in a property rented by collapsed marine safety flooring company Fordex, with a judge finding the landlord’s rights over the property and waste were not terminated by the disclaimer.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has thrown out an application to pause the suspension of a builder, who allegedly did not consider fire safety measures in the design of a disability housing project.
Mercedes-Benz has taken aim at an amended group definition in a class action over alleged defeat devices designed to cheat emissions testing, with a judge agreeing that it contains “ambiguities and circularities”.