A judge has ruled Scenic Tours can cross-examine class action members without seeking approval from referees, who will oversee a process for assessing amounts owed to them, after the tour operator mostly lost its appeal of a judgment that put it on the hook for damages to disappointed cruise goers.
The High Court has agreed to hear the appeals of two former Dick Smith exes following judgments that awarded a total of $55 million in damages to NAB and the receivers of the defunct electronics retailer.
A class action has been filed on behalf of 25 people whose loved ones died during a COVID-19 outbreak at the Newmarch House in Sydney.
Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch has dropped his defamation lawsuit against Crikey publisher Private Media over an article that allegedly linked him to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Discount retail chain The Reject Shop has become the latest Australian company to be stung with an underpayments class action.
The director of collapsed Kingscliff-based hedge fund Goldsky has pleaded guilty to five charges of dishonest conduct.
The High Court has rejected dam services provider Sunwater’s request that it weigh in on a dispute over insurance coverage for a $440 million class action settlement with victims of the 2010-2011 floods in Queensland.
The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called for reforms to Australia’s merger laws that would make review by the regulator compulsory, saying the current informal review regime hampers its ability to block anti-competitive deals.
Crikey publisher Private Media has filed a new contextual truth defence to defamation claims brought by Lachlan Murdoch, arguing the Fox News CEO is “morally and ethically culpable” for the January 6 riot on the US Capitol.
A judge has rejected a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge’s decision to transfer a PhD student’s Fair Work lawsuit against the University of Western Australia to the Federal Court because his court does not have the proper resources to consider it.