Agricultural giant Graincorp has hit back at a class action filed by rural Victorians who allege that a loud and foul-smelling oilseed factory run by the “high-handed” company has reduced the value of their homes and affected their health.
A judge has denied Fairfax’s bid to strike out allegations by a Western Australian businessman that it was the publisher of allegedly defamatory comments that appeared on one of its Facebook pages.
Commercial real estate practitioners can expect a rise in work for the build-to-rent sector amid Australia’s continuing housing crisis, says Baker McKenzie’s new partner, Emily Peverill, who joins the firm after 17 years at Herbert Smith Freehills.
Finder Wallet has argued it did not need a financial services licence to sell its crypto product Finder Earn because it was not money, but instead allowed customers to purchase an asset and acted as a marketing tool to funnel users to its app.
A failed class action against Volkswagen over Takata airbags is seeking special leave from the High Court, arguing an appeals court was wrong to find a reasonable consumer would be comfortable with an airbag that posed a potential risk of rupture.
AMP and a group of financial advisers in a class action over changes to the firm’s buyer of last resort policy have agreed to another round of mediation, even as the wealth manager appeals a judge’s liability finding.
A former Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner who claims he was sacked for complaining about Lendlease’s attempts to avoid tax liability has asked the High Court to overrule a judgment finding recent changes to whistleblower protections do not apply retrospectively to cover his claims.
The law firm on record for a class action over the Sydney Light Rail has been dropped by the lead plaintiffs and replaced by class action boutique Banton Group after the firms’ relationship broke down while running the case together.
United Petroleum, which is facing a franchisee class action over allegedly loss-making Pie Face stores, is resisting a plaintiff law firm’s bid for “a right of veto” over the petrol giant’s communications with group members, even those not represented by the firm.
Global cryptocurrency and gambling website Stake.com is fighting to strike out claims in a lawsuit by Sydney-based online investment platform Stake over a planned Australian launch.
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