The Department of Home Affairs has failed in its duty protect an individual housed in an immigration detention centre from contracting COVID-19, according to a lawsuit which claims the cramped facilities are as vulnerable to outbreaks as cruise ships.
Fashion designer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has taken Sydney-based skincare company VB Skinlab to court, alleging it attempted to register two trade marks to trade off the reputation of her ‘VB’ marks.
Target Australia is facing a possible class action for allegedly failing to pay staff overtime or penalties for time that they worked, two months after revealing it underpaid staff at its retail stores $9 million.
Grain handling group Viterra has been denied a post-hearing bid to reopen a lawsuit brought by Cargill Australia over its $420 million acquisition of Joe White, with a judge finding the application would lead to “substantial disruption and delay”.
Ashurst will cut partner and staff salaries by 20 per cent to brace for an anticipated slowdown in the markets where it operates due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ford has lost its bid to delay an upcoming virtual trial in a class action over allegedly defective PowerShift transmissions, with a judge saying the parties must try to make a virtual trial work because the current “unsatisfactory” circumstances caused by the coronavirus pandemic could continue for a year or more.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken action on another banking royal commission case study, filing court proceedings against insurer Youi for allegedly taking two years to settle a home owner’s hail storm claim.
Cigno is facing a possible class action over alleged predatory lending practices that were banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission last year, one day after losing a courtroom challenge to the ban.
Kraft has lost an appeal in its high-stakes legal battle against Bega over the right to use its distinctive peanut butter trade dress in Australia.
The plaintiffs in a class action against Dr Eddy Dona, the director of defunct chain the Cosmetic Institute, over allegedly botched breast implants have lost their bid for a ‘soft’ class closure order, with a judge saying the class already had sufficient information to engage in settlement negotiations.