Julia Kanapathippillai

Global law firm Clifford Chance has launched a construction practice in Australia after nabbing a special council from Pinsent Masons to lead the group.

Flu vaccine maker Seqirus has successfully opposed Moderna’s proposed patent for a mRNA vaccine, but an IP Australia delegate said the problems with the patent can be overcome by amendments.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched action against a labour hire company for allegedly failing to pay compensation to a pregnant worker sacked from the Royal Hotel Granville.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been given the go-ahead to amend her discrimination suit against former senator Brian Burston, but is blocked from relying on transcript evidence from his defamation case.

A protestor charged for resisting police is launching a civil case against the state of NSW for her treatment at the hands of police, with claims to include assault and false imprisonment.

Two proponents of Bitcoin Cash have battled before IP Australia over the trade mark 'Bitcoin Cash City', with one claiming he coined it in a text message in 2019.

A Federal Court judge has grilled a lawyer representing an investor that is suing the developers of a Melbourne apartment block over his client's failure to file evidence for 18 months.

Dexus has purchased a 10,000 square metre warehouse in Sydney’s West for $40 million and announced plans to divest office assets in Brisbane.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose an acquisition by Lactalis of assets of New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra if the French multinational is successful in its bid.

A Melbourne University engineering professor who was sacked for sending intimate messages to a PhD student has been reinstated after the Fair Work Commission found he was unfairly dismissed.