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Deep sleep therapy case re-awakened as Full Court grants appeal
Anais d'Arville 2022-04-29 10:19 am By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Two psychiatrists who administered the controversial deep sleep therapy at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in the 1970s have won a Full Federal Court appeal in their defamation cases against publisher HarperCollins, with one of the cases being sent back for a re-trial.

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Funder to seek cut of up to 25% in $2B Toyota class action
Anais d'Arville 2022-04-28 8:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A litigation funder will seek a commission of up to 25 per cent in a class action against Toyota that could see the automotive giant owe close to $2 billion to 260,000 car owners after a judge found diesel filters in its cars were defective.

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Pelvic mesh class actions nearing settlement, court told
AJB Stevens 2022-04-28 4:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Settlement talks in three class actions on behalf of women injured by allegedly defective pelvic mesh products have progressed “substantially”, a court has heard.

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WA lawyer fined $24,000, reprimanded for pursuing hopeless case
Business of Law 2022-04-26 9:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A Perth solicitor has been reprimanded and ordered to pay a $24,000 fine after a tribunal found he had engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct for pursuing a case that was “doomed to fail”.

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Nine’s ‘dog ate my homework’ excuse doesn’t wash with judge in cavoodle case
Bird & Bird 2022-04-26 3:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Nine has lost its bid to argue the substantial truth of an alleged defamatory imputation arising from its coverage of a custody battle for famed social media pooch Oscar the Cavoodle and has been taken to task by a judge for its delay in filing a defence in a defamation case, saying its excuse was no better than “the proverbial dog having eaten their homework”.

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Deloitte strikes back in Noumi class action over $590M write-down
Accounting 2022-04-21 5:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Deloitte and Noumi, formerly known as Freedom Foods, have pointed the finger at one another in a consolidated shareholder class action, with the accounting giant saying the food company made misleading representations in its financial reports and should be on the hook for its costs in defending the lawsuit.

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Judge signs off on $32M in penalties against Westpac
ASIC 2022-04-21 3:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has approved $32 million in penalties against Westpac in two cases brought by the corporate regulator accusing the bank of misleading thousands of “vulnerable” customers about their debts and failing to manage the accounts of deregistered companies.

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Top silk had to take Christian Porter brief under cab rank rule, court hears
Anne Horvath 2022-04-20 8:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Former attorney-general Christian Porter has told the Full Court that silk Sue Chrysanthou had to act for him in his defamation action against the ABC over an article airing historical rape allegations, saying she could not refuse the brief simply because a friend of his rape accuser “wishes him ill”.

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High Court refuses leave to class action in GST case against developer
Anthony McInerney 2022-04-19 6:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The High Court won’t hear a challenge to a decision finding a Canberra property developer that misled investors about GST on its apartments did not have to pay for losses alleged in a class action against it.

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Judge baulks at funder’s 70% commission for case over NewSat collapse
Allen & Overy 2022-04-19 3:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

NewSat investor Rockgold Holdings has lost its bid to appoint a special purpose liquidator to run a lawsuit against eight major banks after a judge found its proposed 70 per cent funding fee “wholly disproportionate”.

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