Mitsubishi fights to shield fuel consumption probe from class action

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Mitsubishi says an investigation into the fuel consumption of its Triton cars is protected by litigation privilege and should not be handed over to a class action.

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Crown sues Lendlease over combustible cladding at Metropol

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Crown has sued Lendlease and a host of other companies that signed off on the use of combustible cladding on the façade of the Metropol in Southbank, which it says resulted in two years of expensive rectification work.

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Tech start-up Dovetail seeks to suppress ‘scandalous’ lawsuit

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Lawyers for tech start-up Dovetail want the Federal Court to suppress the details of a “scandalous” lawsuit brought against the company and its CEO by an in-house lawyer.

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Callide Energy can’t block sale of interest in Queensland power station

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Callide Energy has failed in a courtroom bid to block the sale its partner’s interest in the joint venture for the construction and operation of Queensland’s Callide power station.

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NT says court has no jurisdiction to hear COVID quarantine class action

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The Northern Territory government is fighting a false imprisonment and wrongful death class action by the family of an Indigenous woman who died at a COVID-19 quarantine facility.

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AFL class action has lead plaintiffs from most clubs, court told

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The firm running a class action against the AFL on behalf of players who allegedly suffered on-field brain injuries has found lead plaintiffs to bring a separate class action against 17 clubs.

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String of class action trial losses no predictor of 2025, experts say

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A spate of class action victories for corporate defendants might encourage more companies to take their chances at trial, but the fact-specific nature of the judgments means little more can be drawn from the failure of the cases.

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‘We owe her nothing’: Ex-ABC head’s email surfaces at Lattouf dismissal trial

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Ex-ABC chair Ita Buttrose sent an email suggesting Antoinette Lattouf be pulled off air following an email campaign by pro-Israel lawyers, a court has heard.

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