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The High Court will not weigh in on a jurisdictional challenge by the Democratic Republic of East Timor to a lawsuit brought by Australian oil and gas company Lighthouse Corporation over $328 million in alleged losses stemming from a failed fuel supply agreement.
The High Court has declined Fortescue Metals' bid for special leave to appeal a ruling that granted native title to the Yinjibarndi people over a large section of land in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The former group general counsel of Meriton is suing the property giant and billionaire real estate developer Harry Triguboff for unfair dismissal, claiming he was fired for refusing to lie to the court.
A criminal defence lawyer who represented convicted criminal Salim Mehajer has sued Fairfax Media over an article by a Sydney Morning Herald gossip columnist that allegedly implies she breached her oath as a solicitor for being romantically involved with clients.
A court has ruled that a litigation funder backing an unsuccessful real estate lawsuit by two broke plaintiffs must cover the legal costs after finding that the funder's goals in the case were "more to serve its own commercial and financial ends" than to assist its clients.
Brisbane-based Mantle Group has become the latest hospitality company to face a possible class action for allegedly failing to pay staff for all the hours they worked.
Spain has been hit with a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $128 million arbitration award in a dispute over the country's alternative energy investment policies, the fifth such lawsuit brought against the country in Australia.
Litigation funders say they do not oppose the government's plan to subject them to a licensing regime, but legal experts told Lawyerly the crackdown on funders may go too far too fast and could harm class action litigants.
Litigation funders will soon be brought under the current corporate licencing regime and subjected to greater regulatory scrutiny, an opening salvo by the Morrison Government in its latest probe into class actions in Australia.
The NSW Supreme Court has announced a staged reopening of in-person hearings after a two-month hiatus as well as measures to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission, including temperature checks and increased cleaning and disinfection of high-traffic areas.