A class action accusing the New South Wales government of unfair persecution of south coast Indigenous groups for engaging in cultural fishing practices has slammed the state’s defence as “poor in the extreme”.
A seasoned planning and environment player will be the ninth new partner to join the K&L Gates ranks this year, bringing with him a team of two .
A retired Melbourne lawyer has been found unfit to practice after a review of his conduct demonstrated “discourteous, gratuitous, and offensive” conduct towards legal officials during proceedings related to his attempts to benefit from an elderly client’s estate.
The patent office has rejected Visa’s application to patent a token system for securing customer data, finding the process did not address a technical problem or provide a technical solution.
The full Fair Work Commission has rejected a union’s challenge to a decision affirming Energy Australia’s practice not to make superannuation contributions on earnings for time off in lieu of overtime for shift workers.
Victorian Liberal party leader John Pesutto’s credit will be at issue in defamation proceedings brought against him by expelled party member Moira Deeming, who alleges she was “piled upon” during a party meeting over an anti-trans rally she attended.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has lured a class actions pro who led Ashurt’s litigation practice in Melbourne, as well as four other partners from top firms.
Trial in a five-year-old class action against Whitehaven Coal will proceed without further delay despite the plaintiff’s late bid to tender an expert report, with a judge finding no extraordinary reason to push off the hearing date any longer.
Former Melbourne Demons chairman Glen Bartlett has been given the green light to relaunch a defamation case against the AFL club’s president and other senior officials after discontinuing proceedings that were transferred from his home state of Western Australia to Victoria.
The Fair Work Commission has rejected a former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission employee’s unfair dismissal case, finding his argument that he resigned after the regulator repudiated his contract “disingenuous”.