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JD Group wins partial appeal in couple’s case over $10M off-the-plan apartment
Appeals 2022-12-02 2:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Developer JD Group has scored a partial win in its challenge to a damages award to a Melbourne couple over a “deliberately misleading” rendering of a $9.6 million apartment, with a judge saying the case showed the “inherent risk” in buying apartments off-the-plan.
Corelogic again seeks to block copyright case over data scraping
Bianca Kabel 2022-12-02 1:24 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
Property data analytics firm CoreLogic is taking aim again at a lawsuit accusing it of unauthorised scraping of confidential information from building information provider BCI Media’s copyright-protected leads platform, months after a judge found the case was “defective and deficient".
Funder’s commission cut by 33% in ‘lower risk’ employment class action
Class Actions 2022-12-01 3:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A judge has cut a funder's commission by 33 per cent after approving a $20 million settlement in a sham contracting class action against telco contractor BSA Limited, finding that funders should receive “significantly lower” payouts in employment cases.
Crikey planned media blitz over Murdoch feud to up subscriptions, court told
Clarissa Amato 2022-12-01 5:29 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
News outlet Crikey has handed over internal documents showing its plans to mount a marketing campaign portraying itself as the victim in a “David and Goliath” battle with Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch over an allegedly defamatory article about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, a court has heard.
A2 Milk class action can pursue NZ claims
Alexandra Folie 2022-12-01 10:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A shareholder class action against a2 Milk has won its bid to include claims under New Zealand law over the dairy company's disclosures to the New Zealand stock exchange.
Judge laments ‘extremely slow’ COVID-19 hotel quarantine class action
Adam Hochroth 2022-12-01 9:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A judge has pulled up legal teams in a class action against the state of Victoria on behalf of businesses that allegedly suffered loss from the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle, saying progress in the case has been “extremely slow”.
PTTEP class action funder asks court to muzzle barrister
Allens 2022-11-30 5:25 pm By Christine Caulfield
The funder bankrolling the settled class action against oil exploration company PTTEP wants a court-ordered injunction against a barrister to prevent him from giving independent legal advice to the lead applicant about his claim.
Judge slashes law firm’s uplift in Box Hill Institute class action
Bernard Quinn 2022-11-30 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh
A judge has approved a $33 million settlement in a class action against vocational education provider Box Hill Institute, but taken the ax to a law firm's proposed 18.25 per cent loading on its fees, saying courts shouldn't approve uplifts for run of the mill legal work.
Judge doubts barrister’s claims in ex-commando’s defamation case against ABC
ABC 2022-11-30 10:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
A judge has raised doubts about ex-commando Heston Russell's barrister's claims that it "screamed from the page" of an allegedly defamatory ABC article that her client committed war crimes.
Murdoch flags ‘massive dispute about privilege’ in Crikey defamation battle
Clarissa Amato 2022-11-30 3:22 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne
A "massive dispute about privilege" is on the cards in the defamation row between Fox News CEO Lachlan Murdoch and news outlet Crikey over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.