The judge overseeing a class action against Bayer-owned Monsanto has suggested a hearing by the end of the year on the cancer risks of the company’s Roundup products, saying judgment on that question would either encourage the proceedings to settle or end the case.
Star Entertainment Group Ltd is facing a lawsuit brought by a high-roller claiming the casino giant owes him almost $14 million won at the Baccarat table over a seven-day gambling spree last year.
A small business owner has launched proceedings against his insurer claiming he was wrongly denied pandemic coverage under a business interruption policy, one of many cases expected to be filed in the wake a landmark ruling on infectious disease exclusions that could cost insurers $10 billion.
Insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson wants to declass a representative action brought on behalf of local councils in NSW alleging it socked them with inflated premiums, arguing there are no common questions to be determined in the case.
A judge has ruled the plaintiffs in the Gladstone Ports class action cannot reserve the legal costs of an application to avoid disclosure of expert reports, despite finding they had raised a novel issue.
A Sydney law firm has successfully defended a NSW Supreme Court lawsuit by angry former clients who tried to overturn a $492,000 settlement and accused the firm of a breaching its fiduciary duties and unconscionable conduct.
PZ Cussons has lost its bid for indemnity costs against the ACCC, with a judge saying the consumer watchdog’s case over an alleged laundry detergent cartel was “significantly wanting” but not hopeless or doomed to fail.
Singapore-owned food and beverage company Goodman Fielder has filed a trade mark infringement lawsuit against Arnott’s and Campbells after the two companies applied to register a trade mark that was one letter different to its own.
The Full Federal Court has ruled that unconscionable conduct under the Australian Consumer Law is not confined to exploitation of vulnerable parties, in an “extremely significant” judgment that will extend the reach of the unconscionable conduct provisions and protect a wider swathe of consumers.
Big Six firm Allens has admitted it should have advised a female associate of the disciplinary action it took against a lawyer accused of sexual harassment and has said it regretted its handling of the matter. But at a town hall meeting in the firm’s Brisbane office on Monday, managing partner Richard Spurio remained mum on the repercussions for the harasser.
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