Six more fertility clinics in states across the country are set to be pulled into a class action against Monash IVF on behalf of hundreds of men and women demanding damages for the alleged destruction of potentially viable embryos.
The High Court has reinstated a $435,000 judgment awarded to a former lawyer who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder while working for the Special Sexual Offences unit in Victoria’s Office of Public Prosecutions.
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation has been sued by a UK entertainment company alleging the COVID-19 related cancellation of the 2020 Melbourne Formula One led to $8.7 million in losses after a related a concert featuring superstar Robbie Williams was also scrapped.
A court has signed off on a $600,000 settlement in a class action brought by former members of cult group ‘The Family’ over historical allegations of abuse and torture, including $400,000 for the law firm that ran the litigation.
Environmental groups fighting to protected the threatened greater glider have defeated VicForests’ bid for security for costs after a judge found the orders would “stifle” litigation in the public interest.
The Club of United Business — a private members club catering to entrepreneurs — has sued a former membership manager who allegedly used confidential information about clients in order to set up a competing professional networking business.
In a victory for Victorian independent candidate Zoe Daniel, the state’s Supreme Court has found that promotional signs displayed on lawns did not fall foul of a local council ban on unauthorised displays.
The will of “Australia’s worst landlord” — Melbourne businessman Frank Cassar — was forged in a conspiracy by his widow, daughter and son who feared losing his multimillion dollar business empire after his death, a court has found.
The Victorian Auditor-General Andrew Greaves and the State of Victoria are being sued by a former executive who says she was overworked to the point of mental breakdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A law firm that ran two class actions over the St Patrick’s Day bushfires has lost a bid to have group members foot the bill for $50,000 in adverse costs, with a judge saying there was “no basis” for the request.