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Deloitte has settled a shareholder class action over its audits of collapsed construction group Hastie, a case which dragged on for six years as the accounting firm unsuccessfully fought to shield its audit reports.
Norovirus class action defeats Carnival’s latest strike-out bid
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A class action against Carnival over norovirus outbreaks on its Sun Princess cruise ship has defeated the cruise operator’s second strike out bid, with a judge saying the failure to identify what exactly went wrong “may not be fatal” to the case.
Seven, Stokes keep up fight to shield emails with Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyers
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Seven Network and owner Kerry Stokes are seeking to challenge a ruling ordering them to produce thousands of emails exchanged with Ben Roberts-Smith’s legal team as Nine tallies its costs of successfully defending the former soldier’s defamation action.
Court strikes out pilot’s claims that Qantas workplace was ‘hostile to women’
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Qantas has succeeded in attacking claims that it created a workplace that was “hostile to women”, leveled in a former female pilot’s sex discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit.
Plastic surgeon awarded $50,000 for nose job patient’s negative review
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A court has awarded a plastic surgeon $50,000 after finding he was defamed by a patient who left him a one-star review online.
Chatime boss liable for underpayments despite ignorance of unlawful activity, court says
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A court has found the managing director of teahouse franchise Chatime liable for the underpayment of staff, despite accepting that he believed the company’s wage system was not unlawful.
Best & Less to backpay workers $5.2M in agreement with FWO
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Retailer Best & Less will back-pay staff over $5.2 million as part of an undertaking to the Fair Work Ombudsman, after an internal review found salaried managers were not paid enough to cover their entitlements.
Noumi to face penalty in ASIC case after admitting to inflated inventory
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Noumi has admitted in a case by ASIC to breaching its continuous disclosure obligations by overstating the value of its inventory and failing to give a true and fair view of the company’s financial position.
Clive Palmer can’t hide role as funder of discontinued class action against Telstra
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A judge who previously described as a “schemozzle” a law firm’s attempt to drop a class action over Telstra’s COVID-19 vaccine policy has refused a bid to keep secret Clive Palmer’s involvement as funder of the aborted litigation.
Care A2 Plus denies claims in $200M fight with baby formula distributor Gensco
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Australian infant formula company Care A2 Plus has hit back at a $200 million lawsuit by US business partner Gensco, arguing the distributor did not properly execute the agreement at the heart of the dispute as allegations of phantom companies fly.