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Allianz must indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred up to four decades ago at the exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar, a judge has found.
7-Eleven loses appeal of $595,000 judgment for misleading franchisee
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Convenience store giant 7-Eleven has lost its appeal of a $595,000 judgment handed down after a court found a franchisee signed a franchise agreement and invested almost $796,000 into a Melbourne store under false pretences.
Full Court to decide whether employment class actions ever allowed
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The question of whether judges have the power to hear employment cases as representative proceedings is headed to the Full Court after a union raised the issue as it battles to have its underpayments case against McDonald’s run instead of a Shine Lawyers class action.
Court warns of ‘dangers’ of defamation suits, awards Google reviewer indemnity costs
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A judge who tossed a house painter’s case over a one-star Google review has awarded partial indemnity costs to the critic and said her order should serve as a lesson about the “catastrophic” costs of defamation cases.
Judge troubled by class action firm’s costs, union’s delay in rival McDonald’s cases
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A judge is weighing up a law firm’s high legal costs against a union’s “bizarre” delay in a stoush over who should run a case against McDonald’s alleging 100,000 workers were denied rest breaks.
Prosecutors want prison sentence for CEO in Sydney waste cartel case
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The former managing director and CEO of Bingo Industries should be sentenced to imprisonment for aiding and abetting the waste company in fixing prices for demolition waste services in Sydney, a court has heard.
TikTok loses trade mark battle with mortgage tech startup Tic:Toc
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The owner of Chinese social media giant TikTok has lost its challenge to the registration of a trade mark for home loan tech startup Tic:Toc.
Law firm gets $50,000 bump in costs after breach finding in Romeo’s class actions
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The fees of a class action firm found to have breached cost disclosure rules in running two underpayments class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s have been adjusted up, after $260,000 was initially cut from the bill by the Federal Court.
Bayer can take another crack at ‘scientific knowledge’ defence in Essure class action
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A class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive has lost a bid to knock out the pharmaceutical giant’s defence that argues any defects in the device could not have been discovered given the state of scientific knowledge at the time the implants were sold in Australia.
Hotel’s compliance with COVID-19 orders didn’t doom $11.25M sale: High Court
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The High Court has ruled that the buyer of a well-known Sydney hotel was not entitled to repudiate the purchase agreement because of the hotel’s compliance with restrictions on public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the operation of the business.