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The Federal Court has ordered former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell to pay a $90,000 penalty after a "narrow" win for ASIC in its case over the domestic broadcast rights to the Australian Open.
Mining giant BHP is seeking to have foreign group members shut out of a shareholder class action over the Fundao dam failure in Brazil five years ago.
A judge has handed ASIC a "narrow" win in its action against former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell, tossing most of the regulator's case and accusing it of "confirmatory bias".
A judge has declined to make a common fund order in approving a $35 million settlement in a shareholder class action against telecommunications firm Vocus Group, resulting in a reduced payout for the funders that backed the case.
The judge presiding over the settlement approval hearing in a shareholder class action against telecommunications company Vocus Group has questioned whether the High Court's recent ruling striking down common fund orders at the outset of class actions would allow him to make such an order at settlement.
The litigation funder controlled by recently deceased class action lawyer Mark Elliott has lost its bid for a 12.5 per cent commission of a $5.5 million settlement secured by the special purpose receivers of Banksia Securities in its claim against the collapsed firm's former insurance broker.
BHP has failed in a bid to shut down a class action over the Fundao dam failure pending criminal proceedings in Brazil, with a judge ruling the mining giant would not be prejudiced if the case proceeded for now.
A judge has directed solicitors for deceased lawyer and funder Mark Elliott to search for his missing mobile phone, which is wanted for potential evidence by a court-appointed contradictor investigating alleged professional misconduct on the part of the legal team behind a settled class action against failed Banksia Securities.
A law firm has dodged a $6.5 million negligence claim by a Tasmanian agricultural business over advice supplied about agreements entered into with a division of collapsed forestry giant Gunns Limited, with a judge slamming the company director's evidence as "rambling and non-responsive".
Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell was "pushing very hard" for the Seven Network to score the domestic broadcast rights to the Australian Open in 2013 over better offers from rival broadcasters, the Federal Court heard Monday.