As judges grapple with fierce competition among litigation funders and law firms to lead class actions, Lawyerly asked two leading practitioners on opposing sides of the class action divide to give us their take on the issue.
ACCC boss Rod Sims has won a five-year extension of his term as Chair, ensuring the high energy regulator will continue to make good on its promises of higher fines and tougher enforcement of the nation’s competition and consumer laws.
A judge has found an Aboriginal art and souvenir supplier misled consumers by creating the false impression its products were made in Australia by Indigenous people, when they were actually made in Indonesia, the consumer watchdog said Wednesday.
A proposal by the Australian Law Reform Commission that all federal class actions be initiated as open cases may be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve, says a new report by the country’s leading class action expert.
Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has told a court he endured “the worst 11 months” of his life following the publication of two Daily Telegraph articles that accused him of inappropriate behaviour toward his co-star during a 2015 production of King Lear.
Creditors of the failed Arrium Group have won access to documents handed over by third parties to the company’s administrators for possible civil proceedings against the steel producer, which collapsed owing $2.3 billion.
A former mobile lender with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will stand trial for his alleged role in a massive $170 million home loan fraud scheme that targeted Australia’s largest banks.
The management company owned by Titus Day has fired back at a lawsuit filed by singer Guy Sebastian, claiming it’s still owed commissions for appearances by the singer.
The High Court has granted an appeal to a Norton Rose Fulbright-represented man who claimed more than 900g of marijuana found at his house was for personal use, repealing his conviction for drug possession after new evidence emerged that may have changed the course of his trial in 2013.
Shine Lawyers has acquired boutique class action firm ACA lawyers, a deal that will create the second largest class action firm in Australia by caseload and position the firm to take advantage of an expected increase in shareholder class action work.