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A judge has rejected a bid to add an insolvent trading claim to a $78 million class action over the collapse of Walton Construction, citing “extraordinary” delays in the three-year-old case.
Judge wants delayed Sydney light rail class action finished by year’s end
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A class action trial over Sydney’s $3 billion light rail has been pushed off to next month after the applicant’s eleventh-hour amendments, but a judge has warned the parties they should wrap up the case by the end of the year..
Law firm can’t amend defence in negligence case by teacher wrongly jailed for abuse
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A law firm, who along with Piper Alderman and one other firm, is being sued for negligence by a schoolteacher wrongly jailed for the indecent assault of two children has lost a bit to amend its defence at the commencement of the trial.
Judge who represented Sydney Trains won’t recuse herself from fight with union
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A judge has rejected a bid by the Australian rail union to recuse herself from hearing its case against Sydney Trains that seeks approval to deactivate Opal readers amid protracted industrial action, despite having represented the rail operator when she was a barrister last year.
ACCC accuses Fitbit of misleading consumers about refund rights
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has dragged Google-owned Fitbit to court for allegedly telling consumers they had to mail in broken devices within 45 days in order to obtain a refund.
Super fund sues crypto company for ‘flagrant’ trade mark infringement
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Education superannuation fund NGS Super has filed a trade mark lawsuit against Australian blockchain mining company NGS Crypto, claiming it failed to comply with a promise to rebrand and continues to profit at the fund’s expense.
High Court rejects Worley’s plea to weigh in on disclosure test in shareholder class actions
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In a boost to shareholder class actions, the High Court has dismissed an application by engineering services firm Worley to appeal a finding that companies should disclose to the market forecasts that ought reasonably to have been held.
Judge doubts Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that media ‘sold a pup’ with defamation reforms
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A judge has rejected Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that the media has been ‘sold a pup’ with a new public interest defence that Crikey’s publisher has deployed in the Fox News CEO’s defamation suit over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capital.
Crown loses bid for contradictor to fight GCO application in class action
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A judge has rejected Crown Resort’s bid to appoint a contradictor to fight a group costs order being sought in a shareholder class action accusing the casino giant of lax anti-money laundering compliance over a six-year period.
Companies to face $50M penalty for privacy breaches
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Companies will face penalties of up to $50 million for serious privacy law breaches under legislation to be introduced the Attorney-General following data breaches by Optus, Medibank and Woolworths unit MyDeal.