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“Hundreds of lawyers” could overwhelm Microsoft Teams if German cladding manufacturer 3A Composites continues adding cross-claimants in a class action over highly flammable building materials, a court has heard.
Avant Insurance has lost a bid to pause an order that it pay $371,000 in the legal costs of a surgeon facing a class action by breast implant patients of defunct clinic the Cosmetic Institute while the insurer's appeal is pending.
Avant Insurance has launched an appeal of a Federal Court judgment ordering it to cover the defence costs of a surgeon facing a class action by breast implant patients of defunct clinic the Cosmetic Institute.
Car repair giant AMA Group has so far spent $737,000 in professional fees investigating whistleblower claims and taking former boss Andrew Hopkins to court for allegedly defrauding the company.
The applicant in a Federal Court class action against NAB superannuation trustee NULIS has been ordered to find a sample group member in light of a landmark Victoria Supreme Court ruling that found the plaintiff in a similar class action could not establish any loss.
A judge has allowed a new applicant to lead a shareholder class action against recycling company Sims Metal Management, ruling that he could not force the original applicant to continue in the role when it wanted to back out.
Sparke Helmore has secured a temporary reprieve in a $1 million negligence lawsuit against it, with a NSW Supreme Court judge staying the case for two weeks to allow the plaintiff property developer, which has been described as a "rudderless" firm, to get its house in order.
The number of lawyers involved in a class action against 3A Composites over allegedly combustible cladding is set to balloon, with the German cladding manufacturer lobbing cross-claims against nine different parties.
Cladding manufacturer Fairview Architectural must allow the group members in a class action over allegedly combustible cladding products to search the company’s offices and access electronically stored information to carry out discovery, a judge has ruled.
Cladding manufacturer Fairview Architectural may have $190 million in insurance to cover the claims in a class action over its allegedly combustible cladding products.