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Singaporean company to be dragged into Hill & Smith road safety barrier patent dispute
UK-based building products giant Hill & Smith Holdings wants to drag a Singaporean entity into its road safety patent dispute with Australian company Safe Barriers, whose directors are ex-employees of Hill & Smith.
Judge blasts insurers in Forge investor class action for ‘waste of everybody’s resources’
A judge has granted discovery of up to 32,000 documents just months out from the Forge investor class action trial, as she blasted the insurance company respondents for wasting resources after they failed to comply with the court’s previous orders.
Farmers can’t use the word ‘oil’ in Montarra oil spill class action, PTTEP says
Oil company PTTEP has objected to Indonesian seaweed farmers using the word “oil” in their evidence in the Montarra oil spill class action, arguing they are not qualified to identify oil.
Judge questions Piper Alderman’s $3.5M legal bill in KPMG class action
A judge has questioned whether he should approve the $3 million legal bill in the settled Discovery Metals shareholder class action against KPMG, amid concerns the plaintiff's lawyers, Piper Alderman, breached legal profession regulations by failing to update their estimated costs.
Court approves confidential KPMG class action settlement over objections
A judge has signed off on the confidential settlement of a shareholder class action brought against KPMG relating to the failed $830 million hostile takeover of mining firm Discovery Metals, despite objections that the settlement process was “unfair and unjust”.
Nationwide appeal of Geoffrey Rush defamation win will argue Rebel Wilson case was ‘plainly wrong’
Nationwide News' appeal of actor Geoffrey Rush's record $2.9 million defamation win will argue the aggravated damages finding in actress Rebel Wilson's defamation case against Woman's Day publisher Bauer Media was "plainly wrong".
RMBL ordered to retract comments ‘encouraging’ class members to opt-out
Mortgage lending and investment firm RMBL Investments has been ordered to  withdraw all communications with its customers that encouraged them to opt-out of a consumer protection class action against the firm.
Piper Alderman free to oust senior female partner amid sex discrimination case
The job of a senior Piper Alderman partner is in jeopardy after a court refused to extend an injunction preventing her from being ousted from the partnership while she battles a sex discrimination case against the firm.
Geoffrey Rush awarded $2.9 million in defamation case
Actor Geoffrey Rush has been awarded almost $2.9 million in damages following his successful defamation case against Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News, as the court hears the newspaper ignored an offer to settle for $50,000 and an apology.
Class action applicant can’t bring ‘shambolic’ case over side deal with funder
One of two lead applicants in the settled Arasor shareholder class action has been denied leave to be heard over its $1 million personal expenses dispute with litigation funder International Litigation Partners after missing a filing deadline, with a judge calling its handling of the case "shambolic".