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The state of Victoria is making a bid to suppress its defence in a class action brought over the 2020 hotel quarantine fiasco, as it faces a “substantially altered” indictment in a related criminal proceeding.
Penalty privilege can’t be used to dodge production of books
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A judge has found that penalty privilege cannot be used to avoid the production of books under the Corporation Act.
Judge rejects latest pleading in plastic surgery class action
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A judge has directed a class action on behalf of 1,000 patients of Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates to have another go at articulating claims that Lanzer’s clinic should be liable for allegedly ‘horrific’ complications.
ASIC’s latest court action says debt ‘solvers’ anything but
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought legal action against debt management business Solve My Debt Now and its director, alleging customers were usually left in greater debt after using its services.
Corrs, DLA Piper pick up tax specialists from embattled PwC
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Troubled professional services firm PwC has lost two partners to law firms Corrs Chambers Westgarth and DLA Piper.
GCO gives AAI class action members ‘simplicity, transparency’: judge
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A judge has signed off on a 25 per cent group costs order in a class action against Suncorp subsidiary AAI, after accepting that the back-up plan of law firm Maurice Blackburn was not artificially uncertain.
Medical glove maker Ansell handed shareholder class action
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A shareholder class action has been filed against medical glove manufacturer Ansell Limited following an earnings guidance downgrade blamed on COVID-19.
IAG employee not unfairly sacked after WFH activity tracked
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The Fair Work Commission has found that insurer IAG did not unfairly dismiss a veteran employee after a company review of her at-home cyber activity revealed extensive periods of “no or minimal keyboard activity”.
Dispute over barrister’s fee estimates goes to High Court
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A barrister is taking a dispute over his $320,000 bill to the High Court, but a judge has cast doubt on the appeal’s prospects of success.
Former ACCC head to lead price-gouging inquiry
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Former ACCC chair Allan Fels has been tapped to lead a union inquiry into price-gouging by Australian businesses as consumers continue to feel the sting from inflation.