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Rangers Football Club hits back at $3M suit over abandoned match
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-05-03 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Scottish football team Rangers says it was entitled to nix an agreement to play matches in Sydney last year, in its defence to a $3 million suit brought by Australian sports promoters TEG Live and Left Field Live.

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Nuix class action to go ahead despite ASIC case
ASIC 2023-05-02 3:58 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A shareholder class action against software company Nuix will go ahead as planned, after a stay application threatened to put the proceeding on ice pending the outcome of a separate case brought by ASIC.

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Cost of independent counsel to advise on Banksia silk’s $1.25M offer ‘can’t be justified’, court says
Class Actions 2023-05-02 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Victoria Supreme Court will not appoint a contradictor to weigh in on the reasonableness of a $1.25 million settlement offered by companies associated with the wife of a once prominent silk struck from the roll over the Banksia Securities class action scandal.

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Class action can’t grill Noumi lawyer on legal privilege claims over PwC docs
Alistair Pound 2023-05-02 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

The applicants in a shareholder class action against the former Freedom Foods have failed in a bid to cross-examine Noumi’s inhouse counsel on affidavits swearing to the legal professional privilege of 3,000 documents, including material containing advice from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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GetSwift director can’t be located for service of suit by ex-Demons teammate
Judgment 2023-05-02 3:23 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

GetSwift director Joel Macdonald cannot be located for service of a $15 million lawsuit by his former Melbourne Demons teammate James Strauss, a court has heard.

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Hotel quarantine class action survives second shutdown bid by Victorian government
Adam Hochroth 2023-05-02 10:40 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The state of Victoria has lost its appeal bid to stay a class action brought over the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle in light of a pending criminal action against the Department of Health.

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ABC drops truth defence in defamation case by ex-commando Heston Russell
Company Giles 2023-05-02 3:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The ABC has dropped its truth defence to former Army major Heston Russell’s claims that he was defamed by two articles that suggested that he was involved in murdering an Afghan prisoner.

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HWL Ebsworth may have fallen victim to cyberattack
Business of Law 2023-05-01 2:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hacking group ALPHV claims it has stolen a large amount of data from law firm HWL Ebsworth, including employee and client information.

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Katy Perry loss shows fame no ticket to ride ‘roughshod’ over trade mark owners
Analysis 2023-05-01 12:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

An infringement ruling against US singer Katy Perry in a case brought by an Australian fashion designer is a “win for the little guy”, experts say, showing that fame doesn’t give celebrities a blank cheque to exploit their brand at the expense of someone’s else’s registered trade mark.

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MLC agrees to pay $10M penalty in ASIC case
Alexander Di Stefano 2023-05-01 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

MLC has agreed to cop a $10 million penalty for admitted breaches of the Corporations Act in an ASIC case that alleged the insurer failed to promptly update medical terms in policies and withheld payment of a life insurance benefit.

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