Unless the parties can reach a last minute settlement over the weekend, trial in a class action against the Department of Defence over the use of alleged toxic firefighting foam at military bases across the country will begin Monday.
A Federal Court judge has pulled the plug on a bid by the Fair Work Ombudsman for an upcoming trial in wage cases against supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths to be livestreamed like other hearings of public interest in the court.
Private health insurer Medibank has not released a Deloitte report into last year’s cyberattack that exposed the private information of 10 million customers.
Despite the growing popularity of new entrant TikTok, Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta retains significant market power in the social media industry, reporting annual advertising revenue of $5 billion in Australia alone, a report has found.
A lawyer’s role in litigation is not to draw conclusions on the existence of facts or the outcome of a case, an appeals court has ruled in throwing out a personal costs order against a solicitor for filing a defence in a case his client ultimately lost.
The costs billed by Nando’s Australia’s law firm for work on a “straightforward” judgment debtor examination of a franchisee — totalling almost a fifth of the debt — have been slashed, with a court finding the costs manifestly excessive.
The lead applicant in a franchisee class action against the Hog’s Breath Cafe restaurant chain is considering an application to declass the case it brought after losing a challenge to a $1.23 million security for costs order.
Leading barristers have come out in support of the proposal to amend the Constitution to enshrine a Voice to Parliament to represent First Australians.
A barrister’s $320,000 bill for a case initially estimated to cost $60,000 in counsel fees was at the centre of an appeals court hearing Monday, and the dispute mirrors another battle between the practitioner and his instructing solicitor involving a cost blowout of a quarter of a million dollars.
Prime minister Anthony Albanese breached workplace law by cutting the number of staff allocated to cross-benchers from four to one, according to new court documents in a lawsuit by Independent Monique Ryan’s chief of staff.