Atanaskovic Hartnell is challenging a $160,000 judgment against the law firm and founding partner John Atanaskovic, who was found to have engaged in a campaign to “abuse, belittle and victimise” a former general manager.
A judge has panned ASIC’s bid to discover a wide range of privileged communications between super fund REST and various legal advisers, finding the regulator used a “very wide net” to catch nothing at all.
Hall & Wilcox has bolstered its insurance practice with the appointment of new partner Priya Paquet, who will be based at the firm’s Brisbane office.
US institutional shareholders who joined a class action against Crown Resorts that settled on the eve of trial for $125 million are urging the Federal Court to slash the funder’s commission by $4.65 million.
A litigation funder will seek a commission of up to 25 per cent in a class action against Toyota that could see the automotive giant owe close to $2 billion to 260,000 car owners after a judge found diesel filters in its cars were defective.
The former CEO of Nuix has shot down the suggestion of pre-trial mediation, which he said was unlikely to resolve his $180 million claim against embattled tech company.
Settlement talks in three class actions on behalf of women injured by allegedly defective pelvic mesh products have progressed “substantially”, a court has heard.
Car dealers that have brought a class action against General Motors over its decision to retire the Holden brand in Australia rejected offers of compensation totaling close to $5 million, according to court documents.
Nine claims that any harm a Sydney barrister suffered from its allegedly defamatory coverage of her battle for custody of Oscar the cavoodle was mitigated by the truth of the imputation that she exploited the famed social media pooch for her benefit.
Law firms running competing shareholder class actions against a2 Milk appear to have reached agreement to join forces, with a court order Thursday scrapping a contest to determine which case would proceed alone.
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