Australia’s consumer regulator has found that domestic airline customers are facing less choice and higher prices following the collapse of regional airline Rex.

The Federal Court’s top judge has attacked what she sees as “absolutist” public criticism of a spate of suppression orders in high-profile cases, saying open justice is just too, well, open.

Johnson Winter Slattery has bolstered the ranks of its industrial relations and employment team, luring a new partner and special counsel away from Corrs Chambers Westgarth.

A judge has allowed investors bringing a class action against Virgin to join Velocity Rewards to the case, despite finding the proposed claims against the frequent flyer program are “barely arguable”.

A commission baked into a funding agreement in a class action against Mayne Pharma is under threat, with a judge mulling an order off his own bat to cut the rate.

BHP has told an appeals court a shareholder class action should not be allowed to expand the group definition to correct an alleged drafting error.

The ATO has won the nod from the High Court to appeal a finding that a royalty withholding tax did not apply to payments from Schweppes to PepsiCo under agreements to sell brands like Pepsi and ...

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The High Court has agreed to rule on whether common fund orders can ever be made in class actions, including so-called solicitors’ common fund orders allowing lawyers to earn a cut of any settlement.

A Western Australian solicitor has been struck from the roll after he continued to practice under a cancelled licence following mismanagement of trust funds and a failure to lodge tax returns.

Class Actions 2024-11-01 11:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne ...