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Companies and government entities paid out less to settle class actions in 2023 than in the previous two years, with no mega settlements hitting their pocketbooks.
Court slashes law firm’s costs in Aveo class action settlement
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A judge has cut law firm Levitt Robinson’s costs in a class action against retirement village provider Aveo, finding the solicitors were “seriously derelict” in serving their evidence on loss and ran up over $1 million in avoidable costs.
A fool for a client? NSW appeals court ruling a boon for self-repped law firms
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The NSW Court of Appeal has issued a judgment contradicting a finding from its Victorian counterpart, ruling that law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell can recover costs for work done by its own solicitors in a lawsuit against a former client in which the firm represented itself.
Apple hit with class action over ‘throttled’ iPhones
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Apple is facing a new class action on behalf of iPhone 6 and 7 users whose phones were ‘throttled’, or slowed down, due to updates the Silicon Valley company made to its iOS operating system, which were aimed at conserving battery life.
Concert promoter loses appeal against TEG Live over One Direction tour
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A Sydney concert promoter has lost his appeal against former Nine unit TEG Live, with an appeals court agreeing that his idea to promote a 2013 Australian tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction was not ‘unique’ enough to be confidential information.
PlayStation class action accuses Sony of restrictive trade practices
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A month after a UK tribunal ruled Sony Group must face a class action on behalf of millions of consumers, the game giant has been hit with a class action in Australia accusing the Japanese company of restrictive trade practices.
Court OKs $27.5M settlement in unlawful detention class action
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A $27.5 million settlement reached in a class action over the alleged unlawful detention of 240 Indonesian children has won court approval, but the applicant’s legal costs remain subject to negotiations.
IC Markets hit with class action over risky CFDs
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Sydney-based online broker International Capital Markets has been hit with a class action, and is facing the threat of another representative proceeding by investors who lost money trading risky contracts for difference.
Higgins told ‘bald faced lies’ to save her job, court told as Lehrmann trial wraps
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On the final day of trial in Bruce Lehmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson, barrister for the former Liberal staffer told the court his colleague Brittany Higgins falsely accused him of rape to avoid being sacked.
Judge doubts Lehrmann’s ‘implausible’ evidence he was working at time of alleged rape
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A judge hearing the final day of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against Network Ten and presenter Lisa Wilkinson has expressed his doubt at the plausibility of the former Liberal staffer’s evidence that he was working on Question Time briefs at the time he allegedly raped Brittany Higgins.