An Australian fashion designer has asked the High Court to overturn a Full Court win for singer Katy Perry in a long-running trade mark dispute, saying the court’s findings “wrongly privilege the ...

Two Queensland solicitors have scored partial wins in their decades-long disputes with the tax office because of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s “wholesale failure” to give proper reasons.

Maurice Blackburn is stuck paying $5.4 million in security in a flex commissions class action against Macquarie, with a judge saying it represents a “business risk willingly undertaken”.

Maurice Blackburn is stuck paying $5.4 million in security for costs in a flex commissions class action against Macquarie, with a judge saying it represents a “business risk willingly undertaken” by ...

A judge has approved a $57.5 million settlement in a class action against ANZ over credit card interest, including allowing the funder to recoup $1.2 million in after-the-event insurance costs.

Defendants in the last year’s most lucrative class action settlements paid significantly more to resolve their cases than businesses shelled out in the previous two years.

Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.

Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.

A class action on behalf of 330,000 super members has settled against the trustees of the MLC Super fund, just days after another superannuation class action flopped.

Funder LLS has urged the court to approve its 20 per cent cut of a $202 million settlement in a stolen wages class action, saying that reducing the “bottom end” rate could deter investments in public ...

The government has proposed tougher penalties to crack down on the improper use of legal professional privilege claims in Commonwealth investigations.

The government has proposed tougher penalties to crack down on the improper use of legal professional privilege claims in Commonwealth investigations.