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Evidence of an outdated management approach and bullying -- which included threatening defamation proceedings against two junior lawyers that complained about her -- appear to be responsible for the ousting of a former senior Piper Alderman partner, not her sex, a judge has found.
A group of teenagers has launched a class action against the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment in a bid to stop the proposed extension of a northern NSW coal mine.
The judge overseeing a class action against GetSwift has refused to disqualify himself from the proceedings, rejecting claims that he could not be seen to approach the case with an "impartial mind" and taking a passing shot at the logistics company's use of the Americanism "recuse" in its application.
The judge overseeing professional misconduct claims against lawyers in the Banksia class action has denied Alex Elliott’s request to stay the case against him while he takes his recusal application to the Court of Appeal, branding the stay ‘an indulgence’.
A judge overseeing the Ruby Princess class action has cautioned funders against "double dipping" when seeking payouts from group members, while cruise line Carnival has attempted to shift part of the blame for the COVID-19 debacle onto the Prime Minister.
The trial scheduled for this month in ASIC's case against the Mayfair 101 group has been pushed off as the regulator adds claims that the troubled investment firm misled investors and director James Mawhinney briefs lawyers to represent his companies.
Insurers for The Star have told a court that the casino’s lawsuit, which seeks to resolve threshold policy coverage issues in a bid to claim the losses it has suffered as a result of government restrictions enacted to stop the spread of COVID-19, is incomplete.
The chief of the Australian Defence Force has been given the opportunity to put on further evidence after a judge said he would otherwise order that material provided to a war crimes inquiry by Ben Roberts-Smith be produced in the war veteran's defamation case against three news publishers.
A seven-week trial in ASIC's misleading conduct case against Rio Tinto may have to be postponed after two executives of the mining giant raised concerns that COVID-19 could impact their ability to appear as defendants in the case.
An appeals court has dealt with complex jurisdiction and limitations issues in transferring one of three class actions against ride sharing giant Uber to another court, with one of the judges saying legislative reforms were needed to deal with the issues.