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Law firm can’t amend defence in negligence case by teacher wrongly jailed for abuse
Colin Biggers & Paisley 2022-10-24 4:29 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A law firm, who along with Piper Alderman and one other firm, is being sued for negligence by a schoolteacher wrongly jailed for the indecent assault of two children has lost a bit to amend its defence at the commencement of the trial.

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Judge who represented Sydney Trains won’t recuse herself from fight with union
Ashurst 2022-10-24 11:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has rejected a bid by the Australian rail union to recuse herself from hearing its case against Sydney Trains that seeks approval to deactivate Opal readers amid protracted industrial action, despite having represented the rail operator when she was a barrister last year. 

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ACCC accuses Fitbit of misleading consumers about refund rights
ACCC 2022-10-24 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has dragged Google-owned Fitbit to court for allegedly telling consumers they had to mail in broken devices within 45 days in order to obtain a refund.

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Super fund sues crypto company for ‘flagrant’ trade mark infringement
Banki Haddock Fiora 2022-10-24 11:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Education superannuation fund NGS Super has filed a trade mark lawsuit against Australian blockchain mining company NGS Crypto, claiming it failed to comply with a promise to rebrand and continues to profit at the fund’s expense. 

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High Court rejects Worley’s plea to weigh in on disclosure test in shareholder class actions
Alexander Edwards 2022-10-21 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

In a boost to shareholder class actions, the High Court has dismissed an application by engineering services firm Worley to appeal a finding that companies should disclose to the market forecasts that ought reasonably to have been held.

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Judge doubts Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that media ‘sold a pup’ with defamation reforms
Clarissa Amato 2022-10-21 3:22 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has rejected Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that the media has been ‘sold a pup’ with a new public interest defence that Crikey’s publisher has deployed in the Fox News CEO’s defamation suit over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capital.

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Crown loses bid for contradictor to fight GCO application in class action
Allens 2022-10-21 4:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has rejected Crown Resort’s bid to appoint a contradictor to fight a group costs order being sought in a shareholder class action accusing the casino giant of lax anti-money laundering compliance over a six-year period.

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Judge frowns on workers’ bid to shut down Opal in Sydney trains dispute
Ashurst 2022-10-21 4:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has raised concerns about a bid by the rail workers union for a judicial “green light” to deactivate ticket readers as part of a protracted industrial action in Sydney, saying the court should not be used as an “adviser”.

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Light rail class action trial could be derailed by ‘last-minute’ amendments
Class Actions 2022-10-20 4:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A trial set to start next week in a class action over Sydney’s $3 billion delayed light rail could be pushed off until next year as the parties clash over an eleventh hour bid by the applicant to amend the case.

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AMP wins dispute with insurer Willis over Sydney lease
Andrew Byrne 2022-10-20 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

AMP Capital Investors has won a property spat with insurance broker Willis Australia, which a judge found was not entitled to withdraw a notice to take a lease of office space at Angel Place on Pitt Street in Sydney’s CBD.

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