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The founder of beleaguered investment group Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, has argued that multiple law firms failed to advise him of the privilege against self-exposure to penalty in proceedings brought by the corporate regulator, which saw him banned from soliciting funds or promoting any financial product for 20 years.
A judge has ordered that the ACCC's case alleging Retail Food Group misled franchisees be run on a sample basis, saying the regulator's opposition to the idea “smacks of a lack of confidence in its own case.”
A judge has found that Telstra cannot be held liable for the sexually harassing conduct of a former employee who allegedly accessed confidential contact information to launch a four-year campaign of harassment against his next-door neighbours.
Former Channel 7 rugby league journalist Josh Massoud has lost an appeal of a decision clearing multiple media outlets of defamation over reports alleging he threatened to kill and defile the corpse of a young reporter.
A judge has rejected a bid by Clive Palmer-owned Palmer Leisure Australia to throw out legal action by the Electoral Commission of Queensland over donations the golf course management company made to Palmer’s United Australia Party in 2020.
Shareholders in a class action against Arrium and KPMG are fighting an $8 million security for costs order sought by former directors of the failed steel giant, who say they should not be forced to defend the case “on a shoestring.”
The director of a law firm ordered to pay $184,000 in wages withheld from a junior lawyer is fighting a decision by the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner to not renew his practicing certificate.
An Australian food and drink importer has been permanently banned from falsely using the words ‘Scotch’ and ‘Scotch Whisky’, after being sued by The Scotch Whisky Association for “flagrant” copyright infringement.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seeking legal advice over reports that predecessor Scott Morrison was secretly appointed to three ministry positions while in the top job.
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has hit back at ASIC proceedings alleging it saddled hundreds of thousands of customers with cash advance fees after providing them with incorrect account balances, saying its customers were "expressly on notice” the fees would be charged.