Please login to bookmark Close
The Royal Bank of Scotland has reached a settlement in a consumer protection class action on the eve of trial in the Federal Court.
Financial complaints watchdog set for 2018 launch
Please login to bookmark Close
Australian consumers will soon be able to lodge grievances with a new body for resolving complaints with financial institutions.
First criminal cartel case brought against Aussie co.
Please login to bookmark Close
In the first criminal prosecution of its kind against an Australian corporation, prosecutors on Thursday charged a Victorian health care company and its managing director over an alleged wheelchair cartel.
High Court says judges can make union officials pay
Please login to bookmark Close
Courts can stop union officials from seeking union cover to avoid paying court-issued fines for breaking the Fair Work Act, the High Court said Wednesday.
NSW appeals court upholds $7M judgment against teleco
Please login to bookmark Close
Wholesale satellite broadband provider Ipstar Australia has lost a bid to overturn a $7 million judgment against it for allegedly providing defective equipment and engaging in unconscionable conduct in violation of consumer law.
CFMEU hit with record $1M fine for secondary boycott
Please login to bookmark Close
The Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union has been hit with a record $1 million fine for secondary boycotts at construction sites around Melbourne, a big win for Australia’s consumer regulator in its five-year legal battle with the union.
Judge mulls VW disclosures ahead of first ‘dieselgate’ trial
Please login to bookmark Close
A Federal Court judge may rule as early as Friday on whether Volkswagen should be required to answer questions about alleged emissions defeat device software installed in more than 90,000 cars in Australia before the first trial kicks off next month.
News Corp. ordered to take down articles in defamation case
Please login to bookmark Close
A Federal Court judge has ordered that newspaper articles that the president of the Australian Imams Council, Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman, claims are defamatory of him be removed from several News Corp. websites.
Allens wins costs in oil spill class action
Please login to bookmark Close
A Federal Court judge has ruled the lead applicant in a Maurice Blackburn-led class action by Indonesian farmers against PTTEP Australasia must foot its opponent’s legal bill, despite winning its bid to bring the case outside the limitations period.
Billabong judge sets shareholder meeting to ok sale
Please login to bookmark Close
The Federal Court judge overseeing the sale of Billabong has set a March date for a meeting of shareholders to weigh the company’s proposed sale to surfwear rival Boardriders.