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UK-based Woodsford Litigation Funding has become the first overseas funder authorised to finance Australian class actions under recent laws cracking down on the litigation funding industry.
Director can’t represent Oculus in Guvera investor class action
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A director of Gold Coast accounting firm Oculus has lost his bid to represent the company in a class action by investors in failed music streaming platform Guvera, with a judge unconvinced the company lacked the means to fund the litigation and finding the director was not suitable to represent the company.
Law firm should rethink putting up own solicitor as expert in group costs order bid, judge says
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The judge overseeing the first ever bid for a group costs order in a class action that will give the plaintiff’s law firm a percentage cut of the proceeds has urged the firm to rethink characterising its own solicitor as an expert.
Clive Palmer hit with $1.5M in damages for ‘contemptuous’ infringment of Twisted Sister anthem
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A judge has ordered mining magnate Clive Palmer to pay damages of $1.5 million to Universal Music for his “contemptuous” behaviour in infringing “substantial parts” of Twisted Sister’s 1985 heavy metal hit ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ in advertisements for his political party.
Ben Roberts-Smith accused of threatening ex-wife ahead of defamation trial
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Ben Roberts-Smith threatened legal action against his ex-wife, who is set to give evidence against him in an upcoming defamation trial, if she disclosed information to Fairfax’s lawyers that is subject to a confidentiality agreement, a court has heard.
Class action accuses Hog’s Breath Café director of using franchisee funds to pay girlfriend
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Restaurant chain Hog’s Breath Café is facing a class action for allegedly misappropriating franchisee funds meant for advertising, including by paying a director’s girlfriend as a “consultant”.
Divided appeals court says judge’s grilling of expert witness ‘quite involved’ but not excessive
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An appeals court has split on whether a judge’s grilling of an expert witness in a personal injury case was appropriate, with the dissenting judge saying the questioning — which took up more than two-thirds of the cross examination — was excesssive, and hostile in parts.
Megasave hit with $1.9M penalty for misleading prospective franchisees
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A judge has imposed a $1.9 million penalty against Megasave Couriers after the delivery company was found to have misled franchisees with false promises of guaranteed minimum weekly payments and annual income.
Boral class action decision forces litigation funders to retool
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As the no win, no fee model comes out on top in another high profile class action beauty contest, legal experts say third-party litigation funders will need to evolve and “fight back” to stay competitive.
Lawyer’s meeting notes don’t belong to client, HWL Ebsworth tells court
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A junior solicitor’s meeting notes during an ASIC investigation of ANZ did not belong to her client despite the lawyer billing for her attendance at the meeting, law firm HWL Ebsworth has argued before a skeptical judge.