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Shareholders who lost a Federal Court trial in their class action against engineering company Worley are challenging the decision to dismiss the case.
Insurers lose COVID-19 business interruption test case
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Insurers will face a flood of pandemic-related claims after an appeals court ruled in a test case brought by the Insurance Council that certain infectious disease exclusions in business interruption cover do not apply to coronavirus-related claims.
Why law firms should think twice before representing themselves
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A finding this week that Norton Rose Fulbright intentionally misled a former lawyer in an employment dispute and abused the court’s processes threatens the legal career of an equity partner at the firm and is a warning to all firms to think twice before representing themselves in cases involving soured professional relationships.
Former Leighton exec charged over foreign bribery plot
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A former executive of a unit of Leighton Holdings has been arrested and charged with foreign bribery offences following a 9 year-investigation by the AFP into $106 million in bribes allegedly steered to Iraqi officials to win lucrative oil projects.
Rugby player Israel Folau escapes gay discrimination complaint
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A tribunal has rejected a gay discrimination complaint made by anti-discrimination activist Garry Burns against Rugby League player Israel Folau due to the “egregious” nature of Burns’ conduct.
EnergyAustralia must pay $1.5M for disconnecting vulnerable customers
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EnergyAustralia will cough up $1.5 million in penalties for wrongfully disconnecting eight customers facing serious financial hardship.
FWC arbitration doesn’t doom union’s lawsuit against Airservices
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A court has ruled that an arbitration proceeding before the Fair Work Commission does not doom a Federal Court lawsuit brought by the civilian air traffic controllers union against government-owned Airservices.
ASIC acting chair says Daniel Crennan rental payment disclosures were ‘opaque’
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ASIC acting chair Karen Chester has labelled ‘opaque’ the disclosures made to commissioners a year before controversial rental assistance payments to the regulator’s outgoing deputy chair Daniel Crennan QC were made public, and said the payments would have raised a red flag.
Santos lawsuit against Fluor over gas project rests on ‘shaky assumption’, appeals court says
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An appeals court has shot down oil and gas giant Santos’ bid for expanded discovery against engineering company Fluor, finding that the application was “akin to a fishing expedition” that was based on “a shaky assumption” by lawyers from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Five law firms to spar over liability in $15M Dover Financial negligence case
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Two more law firms have been joined to a lawsuit by defunct financial advisor Dover Financial accusing three law firms of providing negligent advice regarding an inaptly titled client protection policy which a judge found was “highly misleading” and “an exercise in Orwellian doublespeak”.