Most Recent
Government gets ok to amend defence mid-trial in home insulation class action
The government has won court approval to amend its defence mid-trial in a class action brought by businesses alleging they were harmed when the Rudd Government cancelled a program that subsidised home insulation installations during the economic downturn. 
Cargill wins bid to shield docs in case over $420M Joe White Maltings sale
Cargill has won a discovery dispute in a case alleging fraudulent concealment by Viterra in its $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White Maltings to Cargill Australia in 2013, with a judge finding documents attached to privileged emails or emails that are part of a privileged chain are protected by legal professional privilege.
Cargill’s talks with Allens stay privileged in Viterra case
Viterra Malt has come up short in a second bid to access communications between Cargill Australia and its lawyers, in a case alleging fraudulent concealment by Viterra in its $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White Maltings to Cargill Australia in 2013.
Judge gave short shrift to ACCC in Medibank case, court hears
The judge who sided with Medibank in the ACCC's failed case last year paid little attention to one of the consumer regulator's central arguments against the private health insurer, a court heard Monday.