The Full Federal Court has set aside a $150,000 defamation judgment for sports presenter Erin Molan and remitted the matter for a new trial, after finding a judge failed to properly consider publisher the Daily Mail’s defence of contextual truth.
Insurance specialist firm Wotton + Kearney has hired a lawyer from King & Wood Mallesons with class action expertise to bolster its litigation defence offering.
Two former executives of investment fund Benjamin Hornigold Limited have been charged with offences related to $3.8 million in payments.
A judge has largely approved the funder’s commission and legal fees to be deducted from a $192.5 million settlement of a class action against oil company PTTEP, despite the costs halving the amount to go to group members.
Network Ten has fired back at journalist Tegan George’s reworked sex discrimination case, claiming that its alleged failure to prevent a “sexually hostile, demeaning and oppressive” culture was not unlawful under the Fair Work Act.
A law firm has won its second bid for a group costs order in three class actions against banks over flexible commission schemes after a judge in 2021 rejected what was then the first-ever application for a contingency fee.
The Daily Mail has argued that Nine sports presenter Erin Molan should be stripped of a $150,000 defamation damages award because of her history of “seriously egregious conduct” on 2GB’s Continuous Call Team radio show.
A class action against KPMG and nine former Gunns Plantations directors over the failure of six managed investment schemes for eucalyptus wood in Tasmania has settled for a confidential amount, with a judge poised to approve the deal.
A small Melbourne restaurant facing litigation by the US rapper formerly known as Kanye West will seek to have the case dismissed on Friday after the artist failed to meet a deadline for filing evidence.
In a landmark ruling, the NSW Supreme Court has found the Security of Payment Act is available to insolvent builders to pursue debts, despite an amendment to the law that prevents construction companies in liquidation from enforcing payment claims.