Appeals
Wilkinson tells appeals court Lehrmann judge distracted by cover-up claims
Journalist Lisa Wilkinson has told a court her qualified privilege defence was wrongly rejected in ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case, arguing the trial judge focused too heavily on the Network Ten's reporting of the difficulties Brittany Higgins faced in reporting the rape at the centre of the case.
Class Actions
Blue Sky class action not fleeing to Victoria after High Court solicitors’ CFO ruling
A class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments won't seek to transfer the case to contingency fee-friendly Victoria despite a High Court ruling that put the kibosh on solicitors' common fund orders.
Appeals
Qatar Airways passengers file High Court challenge over strip searches
Five passengers who were forced off a Qatar Airways flight and strip searched at Doha International Airport have taken their case to the High Court after a finding that Qatar's aviation authority was immune from the suit.
Financial Services
IG Markets owes $5.5M to client who traded CFDs on ‘test’ market
Online trading platform IG Markets must pay over $5.5 million in damages to a customer, with a court finding a contract term that purportedly allowed it to reverse transactions made in error was unfair.
Employment
High Court won’t hear Corporate Air appeal over payment for stand-by duty
Aviation company Corporate Air Charter has exhausted its avenues of appeal in a case over pay for pilots on stand-by duty.
Business of Law
Gadens nabs three corporate partners from Allens, Mills Oakley
Gadens has poached three partners from Allens and Mills Oakley to grow its corporate practice.
Class Actions
Class action law firm not so lucky in second bid for 35% contingency fee
A judge has cut a 35 per cent contingency fee sought by a law firm running a shareholder class action against Origin Energy, even after a different judge approved the rate in a separate case by the firm.
Class Actions
Plus500 says class action must arbitrate claims over CFDs
Online trader Plus500 is seeking to stay a class action on behalf of investors who lost money trading in highly leveraged financial products, telling a court the applicant signed an agreement forcing the dispute into arbitration.
Defamation
Ten attacks Bruce Lehrmann’s ‘perverse’ bid for damages in defamation appeal
Network Ten has attacked the “perversity” of ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s argument that a judge's finding that he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins should be overturned because the trial judge did not accept every detail of Higgins’ account.
Business of Law
Master of cheerful persuasion takes seat at the bench
A “unicorn” silk affectionately nicknamed the Ted Lasso of the Victorian Bar has been appointed to the Supreme Court at the age of 46, capping a rapid rise from commercial practice and class action work.
