A judge overseeing two class actions against Romeo’s has ditched what has become the commonplace hearing in weighing a settlement of the cases, but experts say approval applications in group proceedings should ideally be heard in open court.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is challenging a ruling that threw out half the criminal charges against direct bank Members Equity, arguing the statute of limitations doesn’t apply to serious corporate misconduct.
BHP’s policy requiring Queensland workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and show proof of the jab has withstood a challenge from mining unions that claimed the rule was unreasonable and breached the Privacy Act.
A former business development manager at Flick has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the pest control giant, alleging a string of incidents involving a senior employee that began during her interview, and an inadequate complaints process that repeatedly dismissed and downplayed her concerns.
Former Liberal power broker Marcus Bastiaan has accused Nine Entertainment of hiding behind “the cloak of journalistic professional privilege” in refusing to provide documentary evidence concerning the production of an alleged defamatory 60 Minutes report.
Ashurst has bolstered the ranks of its financial regulation team with the appointment of long-serving Clayton Utz partner Narelle Smythe, who joins the firm’s team in Sydney.
Food giant Cargill Australia has won its lawsuit against Glencore-owned Viterra alleging it misrepresented the performance capabilities of malt producer Joe White when it sold the company for $420 million in 2013.
Liberal MP Andrew Laming has slammed the Nine Network for attempting to “bully and harass” him with its contextual truth defence to his lawsuit over an allegedly defamatory news segment that accused the Queensland politician of taking a lewd photograph.
Law firm DLA Piper has picked up a pre-eminent property partner from Moray & Agnew, who advised on the $175 million joint venture between GPT and QuadReal Property Ground to acquire logistics developments on Australia’s eastern seaboard. On Monday, Sallie Bowtell was appointed to DLA Piper’s real estate practice in Melbourne, where the team’s head,…
A judge who has been an enthusiastic lab rat in the virtual hearing experiment forced on the country’s courts by the COVID-19 pandemic has expressed doubts that he is accurately reading witnessses giving remote evidence.