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A case before the High Court could have major implications for company directors, giving shareholders in class actions the power to drag them before court for public examination.
Trial vacated in Monsanto class action over Roundup weed killer
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An upcoming three-month trial in a class action against agrochemical giant Monsanto has been vacated after the applicant’s key expert withdrew from the case.
Law firms earned $68M for defending lawsuits over collapse of Dick Smith
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The law firms and barristers who defended former Dick Smith directors in sprawling litigation over the failure of the electronics retailer earned close to $68 million in fees, a court has heard.
Rio Tinto to cop penalty in ASIC case over failed $5.8B acquisition
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Rio Tinto will face a penalty in proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleging the mining giant misled shareholders about the resources of a Mozambique mining company it acquired for $5.8 billion in 2011 and later offloaded for $70 million.
Ben Roberts-Smith described killing of Afghan teen as ‘most beautiful thing’, court told
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Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith told a former SAS soldier that when he “blew the brains out” of a young Afghan man it was “the most beautiful thing [he’d] ever seen”, a court has heard.
Unvaxxed nurses drop lawsuit against Monash Health
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A group of nurses have dropped their lawsuit against Monash Health alleging the hospital provider threatened to take adverse action against them for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
‘You’re my pet’: Ex-One Nation senator Brian Burston can’t dodge sexual harassment case
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Former One Nation senator Brian Burston has largely lost his bid to throw out a sexual harassment and discrimination case by former staffer Wendy Leach.
Judge has change of heart, will hold settlement hearing in Romeo’s class actions
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A Federal Court judge has reconsidered her plan to dispense with a hearing to weigh a $1.55 million settlement of two class actions that allege supermarket chain Romeo’s underpaid hundreds of workers at stores in NSW and South Australia.
ASIC drops investigation into Nuix’s IPO disclosures
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped its investigation into Nuix’s financial statements in the lead-up to its 2020 public float, but will continue to probe the troubled tech company’s statements in the period since the initial public offering.
Settlement talks advance in bungled lease case against Macpherson Kelley
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Macpherson Kelley will head to an eleventh-hour mediation in a negligence case over the execution of a 10-year service station lease agreement with Shell, after the court heard settlement talks were well progressed.