With the Australian Labor Party to form government after Saturday’s election defeat for the Coalition, class action lawyers are looking forward to reforms that expand access to justice, enshrine the court’s power to supervise costs and wind back Morrison-era legislation.
The Australian Labor Party has won an emergency court order for the removal of allegedly misleading how-to-vote signs at polling stations in the closely watched race in the Melbourne electorate of Higgins.
Availability of phone voting for the federal election has been extended for people isolating with COVID-19, following threatened legal action by high profile teal independent Monique Ryan.
Actor Craig McLachlan has dropped his defamation suit against the ABC, Fairfax and actress Christie Whelan Browne mid-trial just as the defence was due to start its case.
The applicants in a class action against The Cosmetic Institute and twelve doctors over allegedly “incompetent” breast augmentation surgery have won court approval to expand their case to allege misleading and deceptive conduct and breaches of the consumer guarantees in the Australian Consumer Law.
Clive Palmer-owned Queensland Nickel Sales has lost its bid to bring a breach of trust lawsuit against the liquidators of Queensland Nickel to recoup $102 million transferred after the billionaire suffered a courtroom defeat last year.
The High Court has refused Sydney retail personality Con Constantine’s bid to challenge a $4.25 million judgment in his favour over the $81.8 million Parklea Markets sale in 2016.
Mills Oakley has picked up a leading dispute resolution lawyer from Thomson Geer to join the firm’s not-for-profit team as partner.
A long-running class action over the Opal Tower disaster has settled, along with two related cases over the defective building, as a five-week trial was set to begin.
Shine Lawyers has beaten out class action rival Piper Alderman in a battle to lead a class action worth up to $463 million against collapsed wealth managers Dixon Advisory, with a judge finding the firm’s no win, no fee model was likely to result in a greater return to group members.
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