The judge overseeing the trial in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten has granted Lehrmann’s bid to subpoena Sky News Australia for an audio recording said to capture a conversation between Brittany Higgins’ fiancé and her solicitor.
As Johnson & Johnson loses its second attempt to use bankruptcy protection to resolve tens of thousands of US cases over its talcum powder products, a law firm has launched a class action investigation on behalf of Australian women who regularly used the powder and were later diagnosed with cancer.
Billionaire Kerry Stokes and Nine-owned Fairfax are fighting about how to calculate costs for Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation case after the Seven West Media chair agreed to foot the legal bill on an indemnity basis.
Google’s Fitbit has been ordered to pay $11 million for misleading statements about customers’ rights to refunds or replacements for faulty devices.
A former director of failed Perth mining company Continental Coal has been jailed for more than three and a half years after pleading guilty to multiple crimes, including stealing $2.2 million and forging a bank statement.
A government entity that subsidises fossil fuel projects is facing a novel lawsuit alleging it failed to disclose the full environmental and climate impacts of its activities.
A judge’s decision to chop $810,000 from the funder’s cut of a settled class action against Westpac sounds a warning to class action litigators that when it comes to determining the size of a commission, case budgets matter.
Electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi has been hit with a landmark class action alleging it sold worthless extended warranties to customers for over a decade.
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins told a colleague she “could not have consented” to a sexual encounter with Bruce Lehrmann in Parliament House, a court has heard.
Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me A lip reading expert who has examined CCTV footage of Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins on the night of her alleged rape at Parliament House must give evidence in person, with a judge saying if the expert needs an interpreter for…
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