Noni B owner appeals ruling ordering it to hand over docs to ACMA

Posted on 2021-07-192021-07-19 by Cat Fredenburgh

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Mosaic Brands has appealed a ruling ordering it to comply with a request for documents from the Australian Communications and Media Authority over its potential violations of the Spam Act.

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Clive Palmer takes fight with Queensland Nickel liquidators over $102M debt to High Court

Posted on 2021-07-162021-07-16 by Miklos Bolza

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Clive Palmer will seek special leave from the High Court to appeal a ruling from the Queensland Court of Appeal ordering him to return $102 million borrowed before the collapse of Queensland Nickel in 2016, and has demanded that the company’s liquidators return the money he paid following the ruling.

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Judge questions ‘extraordinarily large’ legal fees in $30M Westpac class action settlement

Posted on 2021-07-162021-07-20 by Miklos Bolza

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A judge has questioned the legal disbursements sought to be approved in a $30 million class action settlement against Westpac over allegedly excessive life insurance premiums, particularly the “extraordinarily large” barrister fees charged in the case.

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Snapchat looks to Aussie app developer in defence of US patent suit

Posted on 2021-07-162021-07-16 by Cindy Cameronne

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Australian app developer Civi Corp must hand over documents that could help Snapchat in its defence against a US lawsuit alleging it infringed on patents for digital photograph technology, a court has ordered.

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Lawyers for combustible cladding class action can search Fairview’s offices after discovery failure

Posted on 2021-07-162021-07-16 by Cindy Cameronne

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Cladding manufacturer Fairview Architectural must allow the group members in a class action over allegedly combustible cladding products to search the company’s offices and access electronically stored information to carry out discovery, a judge has ruled.

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Witness who won’t undergo quarantine can testify by video link in ex-Quintis boss’ trial

Posted on 2021-07-162021-07-16 by Cat Fredenburgh

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A judge has allowed a key US-based witness in ASIC’s case against former Quintis director Frank Wilson who will not submit to 14 days in hotel quarantine to give evidence by video link.

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Allianz says joint class action would eliminate competition in contingency fee rates

Posted on 2021-07-162021-09-15 by Christine Caulfield

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Consolidation of two consumer class actions against Allianz would do away with competition in a contest to lead a single case that would force a drop in the contingency fee rates of the rival law firms, the insurance giant has told a court.

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ASIC drops criminal probe into AMP over fees for no service conduct

Posted on 2021-07-162021-07-16 by Cat Fredenburgh

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped its criminal investigation of AMP over its fees-for-no-service conduct which was aired during the banking royal commission.

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NT government settles detention centre class action, wants payout kept secret

Posted on 2021-07-162021-07-19 by Cindy Cameronne

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The Northern Territory government has reached a settlement in a class action brought on behalf of NT youth detainees seeking compensation for alleged race discrimination and human rights abuses.

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GetSwift to resolve shareholder class action in ‘creative’ settlement

Posted on 2021-07-162021-09-28 by Christine Caulfield

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GetSwift has reached an agreement to settle a shareholder class action accusing the logistics company of misleading statements over contracts, avoiding a trial that was set to begin in two months.

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