A judge has found the lead applicant in a class action over an allegedly defective crop sprayer did not suffer any loss despite finding agricultural equipment manufacturer Hardi misled him and other farmers who bought the machine.
A class action alleging the federal government contaminated Indigenous land with toxic firefighting foam has lost a challenge to a report by a scientist who declined to find that the foam could cause adverse health effects including immunosuppression and interfere with the efficacy of vaccines.
Mayfair Group’s James Mawhinney has given an undertaking to not contact group members in a class action against a trustee of the collapsed IPO Wealth fund after allegedly urging investors, through a PR firm, to reject a settlement offer.
A court has handed CBRE indemnity costs for successfully defending a negligent land valuation lawsuit by defunct fund manager City Pacific after it had offered $600,000 to settle the case.
The former director of Queensland Nickel and nephew of mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost another bid to dodge contempt proceedings brought by the collapsed company’s liquidators.
NSW man Benjamin Cooper has pleaded guilty to manipulating the share price of Nova Minerals in a conspiracy that involved the gold ore mining company’s former CEO.
Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has won the dismissal of a case brought by a former digital marketing manager who claims she was fired two months after making an internal complaint of bullying and sex discrimination by her supervisor.
The directors of two money transfer businesses accused of fixing foreign exchange rates are the first ever individuals to be sentenced in Australia to prison terms for criminal cartel conduct.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised preliminary concerns that Aurizon’s proposed $2.3 billion acquisition of rail haulage company One Rail could stymie competition in the NSW and Queensland markets for coal haulage services by rail.
Facebook owner Meta is fighting for broad non-publication orders in its battle with the ACCC over material it says could prejudice jury members in criminal proceedings by mining magnate Andrew Forrest.
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