Maurice the rooster’s early morning cock-a-doodle-doo won’t be silenced after neighbors filed a lawsuit over the noise, a French court ruled Thursday. The 4-year-old rooster’s dawn crowing exasperated its neighbors, a retired couple who moved to the small island of Oleron off of France’s Atlantic coast. “I hope it will set a precedent for them.”The lawsuit was just one of several cases pitting …
Black Saturday settlement distributions could start by end of year People claiming person injury or dependency may receive about 70 per cent of their loss while those claiming economic or property loss will receive about 30 per cent, a ruling by the Victorian Supreme Court said.File image Distributions from the $494 million class action settlement over the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in…
Stuart CondieAAP Slater & Gordon class action near certain Slater and Gordon is “almost certain” to face a class action from shareholders who have seen more than 90 per cent wiped off the value of their investment in the law firm. Rival legal outfit Maurice Blackburn says the near $1 billion loss unveiled on Monday by Slaters was further ammunition for the potential class action it first …