The High Court has unanimously found the Federal Court has no power to allow solicitors to take a cut of a settlement or judgment in a shareholder class action against Blue Sky, saying it would be contrary to rules against contingency fees in NSW.
Mercedes-Benz dealers are pressing on with their $650 million battle over the luxury car maker’s move to a fixed-priced agency model, taking their case to the High Court.
OpenAI has successfully blocked an Australian company’s bid to trade mark the name of an AI immigration service that uses the suffix ‘GPT’.
Carnival has lost an appeal of a finding in a class action that it was negligent in preventing a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship, but an appeal by the applicant over damages has also failed.
The number of reported threats to judges is growing at an alarming rate, and urgent action by federal and state attorneys-general is needed, according to the Australia’s peak body for judicial officers.
The applicant in one of four declassed COVID-19 business interruption class actions has reached a settlement under which it will receive $100,000 and the funder the backed the case will pay $1 million towards Insurance Australia’s costs.
A judge has expressed worries that a class action against EY and collapsed Blue Sky Alternative Investments is “drifting” amid concerns from the defendants about “indulgent” discovery and potentially “significant” pleading changes.
The legal watchdog’s latest case against the owners of a Melbourne law firm — part of countless “collateral” proceedings between the parties — should be fixed for a final hearing ASAP, a judge has said.
The Northern Territory government has lost its bid to block a sexual harassment complaint against a former judge of the state’s Supreme Court by his female associate.
Recently appointed NSW Supreme Court Justice Paul McGuire, who spent two years as a district court judge, has been lauded as the ideal candidate to star in training videos for new judges due to his courteous manner and restraint from performative flourishes.