The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has won its “highly unusual” application to reinstate its defence in a defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell, after dropping it earlier this week in a bid to protect a source’s identity.
SkyCity may be the first company to test the strength of AUSTRAC’s claims in court, according to a judge who recently said in a separate case that the regulator’s habit of agreeing to penalties could give rise to a “moral hazard”.
A Sydney law firm running group proceedings against Hyundai and Kia over allegedly faulty anti-lock braking systems has joined forces with a NY-based class action firm that achieved a settlement worth up to $955 million against the car manufacturers in the US.
Discount retail chain The Reject Shop has hit back at an underpayments class action, claiming store managers were not entitled to overtime and that their claims cannot be run as a class action.
The Commonwealth Bank has failed again to dismiss a case brought by customers who claim they were the victims of a money laundering scam known as cuckoo smurfing and had funds seized as proceeds of crime.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has dropped its only remaining defence in a defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell over articles that alleged he was involved in war crimes, citing promises to protect a source’s identity.
ASIC has won orders declaring that Gold Coast-based BHF Solutions and Cigno needed a credit licence to issue loans to hundreds of thousands of customers, after the High Court tossed a challenge by the payday lenders.
BHP in-house labour hire provider Operations Services has filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court a finding that it unlawfully required its coal miners to work on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
The Full Court has rejected class action claims that the age pension discriminates against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy.
A law firm is considering an ‘unprecedented’ move to reconvene its class action on behalf of Robodebt victims, which can only happen with the Commonwealth’s permission, but the Albanese government might consent as a way to score political points, an expert has told Lawyerly.