Trial in a class action over employment contracts for Airservices’ managers that allegedly left the staff worse off than relevant enterprise agreements kicks off Tuesday, with the parties first battling it out over whether the agreements even cover the employees.
The investor behind a failed class action against the Public Trustee of Queensland over the collapse of Octaviar Group has escaped a bid by the Trustee for maximum costs, with a judge ruling the case was not a “nakedly speculative venture” by the funder.
A judge has signed off on a $6.7 million settlement in a shareholder class action against mining firm MacMahon Holdings that will see group members get $2.4 million, or 35 per cent, of the total sum.
The NSW Government is mulling cross-claims against construction firms ALTRAC and Acciona in a class action alleging the government failed to minimise disruptions from the Sydney light rail project.
A Federal Court judge has ordered Volkswagen to produce documents related to its calculations on how its emissions cheating scandal could affect car prices.
Law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan will call in US experts to back up its proposed “step up” funding model as five law firms begin a high stakes battle to lead a shareholder class action against AMP.
A NSW Supreme Court judge refused Friday to pause one of five class actions against AMP despite an impending battle over where the cases should be heard.
Just who is entitled to join a Fair Work action against Airservices Australia is still up in the air, a court heard Tuesday, with lawyers clashing over the scope of the employee class five months after the case was filed.