Christine Caulfield

A former client of law firm Chamberlains, which is facing a costs order in a building dispute, relinquished privilege in his communications to his solicitors because they were made in furtherance of fraud, a court has found.

The fallacy that shareholders must precisely prove the amount of loss caused by a listed company's breaches has finally been exposed by the Full Federal Court, a trial judge has been told in a class action over the collapse of steel maker Arrium.

Hitting back at a class action's claims that it breached gambling laws with its 'fast code' betting, Sportsbet told a trial judge on Tuesday its representatons about the service were true, and that in any case punters weren't entitled to damages that didn't account for winnings.

A class action has been launched on behalf of current and former Aboriginal Community Police Officers who allege they faced systemic racial discrimination and vilification while serving in the Northern Territory Police Force.

Jones Day has recruited an EY partner to join its team as of counsel, strengthening the law firm's growing tax controversy practice.

Former Keystone Asset Management director and developer Paul Chiodo is accused of raising more than $1.5 million from unwitting investors for a purported property fund that was secretly used to cover his legal fees in ASIC's enforcement action.

As proof of its popularity as a class action jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of Victoria will hear opening submissions in three class action trials on Monday, an unprecedented number in a single day for the court.

Former Keystone Asset Management director and developer Paul Chiodo is accused of raising more than $1.5 million from unwitting investors for a purported property fund that was secretly used to cover his legal fees in ASIC's enforcement action.

Monadelphous Group subsidiary Kerman has secured a $165 million Rio Tinto contract for the design and construction of facilities at the mining giant's Brockman Syncline 1 project in the Pilbara.

Lendlease has been tapped by Queensland as preferred contractor for the Redcliffe Hospital expansion project in Moreton Bay, a key part of the government's hospital rescue plan.