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Dick Smith execs ask High Court to toss case over final dividend
Alice Zheng 2022-09-29 10:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two former executives of defunct electronics retailer Dick Smith have asked the High Court to hear their challenge to a $11.8 million damages award for approving a dividend payment the company could not afford.

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Government to face class action over NDIS age exclusion
Bret Walker 2022-09-20 3:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The federal government will face a class action on behalf of disabled individuals age 65 and over who have been excluded from the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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High Court to hear Whitsundays resort’s appeal of $430,000 damages to worker urinated on
Appeals 2022-09-16 10:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has taken up the appeal of a Whitsundays resort that was ordered to pay $430,738 to an employee whose roommate in staff accommodation urinated on him after a night of drinking.

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Dick Smith directors owe $11.8M in damages after receivers win appeal
Alice Zheng 2022-08-29 1:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has found that two former executives of collapsed electronics retailer Dick Smith should pay the company’s receivers $11.8 million in damages for approving a dividend payment the company could not afford.

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High Court to weigh in on COVID-19 cancellation of hotel sale
Appeals 2022-08-22 10:06 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on whether government restrictions on social gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic frustrated a $11.25 million contract for sale of a hotel in the Sydney suburb of Pyrmont.

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In defamation victory, High Court finds Google not a publisher
Bret Walker 2022-08-17 3:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Google has won its appeal of a judgment awarded to gangland lawyer George Defteros that found the tech giant liable for linking to an allegedly defamatory article, with the High Court finding Google was not the publisher of the story.

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Palmer to pay McGowan’s costs of defamation row after ignoring settlement offer
Barry Dean 2022-08-11 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

WA premier Mark McGowan has won the legal costs of running his defamation cross-claim against businessman Clive Palmer after a judge learned McGowan made a walk-away settlement offer in December last year.

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‘Micromanaging’ slow-going Allianz class action may be unavoidable, judge says
Allianz 2022-08-09 11:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has pulled up three legal teams over slow progress in a class action against Allianz over add-on car insurance, saying lawyers’ correspondence to the court may force her to “micromanage” the proceeding.

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Mitsubishi loses appeal, court finds Triton fuel economy label misleading
Appeals 2022-08-05 2:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mitsubishi Motors has lost its legal challenge to a decision that found it made misleading fuel efficiency representations on a label affixed to the windshield of a Triton 4WD sold in 2017.

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A ‘futile exercise’: Palmer, McGowan win chump change in costly defamation battle
Bret Walker 2022-08-02 2:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has awarded Western Australia premier Mark McGowan and mining billionaire Clive Palmer paltry sums in their defamation battle, with a judge finding that Palmer suffered “very little damage” to his reputation.

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