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Banksia class action silk faces criminal charges after ‘darkest legal chapter’
White Collar 2024-08-13 10:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former top silk Norman O’Bryan will face court this month on charges following civil findings he engaged in a fraudulent scheme as senior counsel for the Banksia Securities class action.

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Johnson Winter Slattery grows real estate group in Melbourne
Business of Law 2024-08-13 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Johnson Winter Slattery has expanded its real estate practice, luring an experienced real estate special counsel who has worked at MinterEllison and Holding Redlich.

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Repped by firm on winning streak, Boral takes shareholder class action to trial
Trials 2024-08-12 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Buoyed by the recent trial success of CBA and other companies facing shareholder ire, building materials giant Boral is taking its chances at a hearing in a class action alleging disclosure breaches linked to its US windows business.

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Judge approves $230M settlement in junior doctors class action
Class Actions 2024-08-12 12:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has signed off on a $230 million settlement of a class action on behalf of thousands of junior doctors who allege they were systemically underpaid by the NSW government.

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Split High Court says proportionate liability claims apply in arbitration
Construction 2024-08-09 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has issued a ruling that significantly alters the playing field in domestic commercial arbitration, finding that proportionate liability defences can apply despite limitations on claimants joining third parties to disputes.

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Class closure split to be resolved by High Court
Class Actions 2024-08-08 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has agreed to step in to resolve division among Australia’s courts on the question of power to make orders that exclude unregistered group members from class action settlements.

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High Court to hear competition cop’s appeal in CFMEU boycott case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-08 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has taken up the ACCC’s boycott case against builder J Hutchinson and the controversial construction union, an appeal that gives the court the chance to clarify the standard for proving an anti-competitive arrangement.

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New senior barristers in Victoria have high-stakes commercial, criminal chops
Business of Law 2024-08-08 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Victorian Bar has welcomed 25 new senior counsel to the ranks this year, a group of barristers with broad ranging experience in IP, tax, class actions, employment and criminal law.

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Element Zero’s timeline for green iron prototype suspect, Fortescue engineer tells court
Intellectual Property 2024-08-07 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

It would only have been possible for start-up Element Zero to deliver an operational green iron prototype in two years with its assumed funding with the help of a “substantial amount of information” on how the project should progress, metals giant Fortescue claims.

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High Court says duty of care for economic loss can arise only if company assumes responsibility
Class Actions 2024-08-07 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action has lost its appeal to the High Court in a case alleging Advanta Seeds owed damages to farmers for the economic loss resulting from its negligence in producing contaminated grain sorghum seed, with the justices clarifying that a duty of care may be established only if responsibility is assumed.

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