A Federal Court judge has refused to recuse himself in a dispute over legal fees following a Sydney barrister’s successful defamation case against Nine but has sent the matter to the NSW Supreme Court.
A class action on behalf of nearly 150 NSW Liberal Party members who claim party officials failed to lodge their nomination forms ahead of the 2024 local government elections is seeking leave to file a third mended statement of claim.
An appeals court has ordered a retrial in a franchisee’s suit against home building franchise operator GJ Gardner Homes over the failure to renew its agreement, finding a judge erred in interpreting a key clause in the contract.
A former Peabody Energy employee who claims she was sacked after raising safety concerns has lost her bid to restrain MinterEllison from representing her former employer.
Westpac’s defunct mortgage unit RAMS has accused a class action by former franchisees of attempting to “hijack” civil penalty proceedings by the corporate regulator by seeking to intervene in the case.
Transport for NSW has accused a former contractor of multiplying claims for delayed or disrupted work days by six or seven times in a $63 million dispute.
A Queensland property owner whose Morton Bay land was slated to be acquired by the council can recover more than just legal costs under the state’s land acquisiton law, an appeals court has found.
Media mogul Antony Catalano will not be required to provide evidence about a deal between Keybridge Capital and Magellan Financial Group after claiming it could put him at risk of incriminating himself as ASIC probes the transaction.
A NSW Industrial Court judge has dismissed a case on behalf of junior doctors seeking a 10 per cent allowance for temporary employees, saying while the doctors were on fixed-term contracts they were permanent employees.
Three companies associated with the sole director of Quasar Constructions have avoided freezing orders sought by the liquidators of the defunct Sydney builder after providing undertakings to not dispose of assets.