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Law firm Levitt Robinson has filed a second class action against the Western Australian government on behalf of inmates in the state’s Banksia Hill detention centre alleging unlawful disability and age discrimination.
Judge orders discovery of legal advice in spat over $45B Ichthys LNG project
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A judge has ordered contractor JKC Australia to hand over legal advice relating to a settlement deed it entered with Japanese oil company Inpex in 2021, as it seeks to hold Dutch paint company AkzoNobel NV responsible for its “significant” potential liability under the settlement.
ANZ to cop penalty in ASIC case over cash advance fees
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ANZ will no longer contest liability at trial in a case by the regulator over more than $10 million in cash advance fees charged to the credit card accounts of hundreds of thousands of customers.
Sydney MP Alex Greenwich to sue Mark Latham over homophobic tweet
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Independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich is preparing to bring a defamation case against One Nation’s NSW leader, Mark Latham, after he published a homophobic post on Twitter last month.
Nine’s A Current Affair broke privacy rules in airing neighbour dispute, ACMA finds
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found Channel Nine breached privacy rules in a story on A Current Affair about a violent dispute between neighbours in regional New South Wales that went viral on YouTube.
PwC tax leak scandal puts spotlight on firms’ uneasy commitment to compliance
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The tax leaks scandal engulfing PwC has shone a spotlight on the culture of large professional services firms, where ensuring compliance with good governance is akin to “herding cats”, experts say.
Linchpin class action concerned about ‘authenticity’ of evidence for trial
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The applicant in an investor class action over the collapse of advisory firm Linchpin Capital and Endeavour Securities has raised concerns about the authenticity of Linchpin’s business records, which it wants to put into evidence at trial in two months.
‘Not motivated by access to justice’: Funder hit with indemnity costs in copyright case
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A judge has ordered a litigation funder that bankrolled a photographer’s unsuccessful copyright claim against CoreLogic to pay indemnity costs to the property data analytics company, saying the funder was not “motivated by any concerns for access to justice”.
ASIC investigates Nuix boss over $236,000 share purchase
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched an investigation into whether Nuix’s current Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Rubinsztein unlawfully bought shares in the company after learning about a potential takeover offer.
Court tosses conviction of Fly365 director, says case ‘doomed to fail’
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A court has tossed a conviction secured in ASIC’s case against a director of collapsed flight booking platform Fly365, saying the case was “doomed to failure.”