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Ernst & Young has won a bid to throw out a subpoena probing whether its conflict-of-interest protocols were followed in a lawsuit against mining equipment company PPK, with a judge dismissing the summons as a fishing expedition.
The former director of Mayfair’s failed IPO Wealth Holdings, James Mawhinney, has lost his challenge to a judge’s decision allowing liquidators to examine him for an eighth day about the transfer of “considerable assets and funds” from the fund to other entities he controlled.
Hall & Wilcox has bolstered its insurance practice with the appointment of new partner Priya Paquet, who will be based at the firm’s Brisbane office.
A judge has panned ASIC’s bid to discover a wide range of privileged communications between super fund REST and various legal advisers, finding the regulator used a “very wide net” to catch nothing at all.
Nine claims that any harm a Sydney barrister suffered from its allegedly defamatory coverage of her battle for custody of Oscar the cavoodle was mitigated by the truth of the imputation that she exploited the famed social media pooch for her benefit.
The ACCC has flagged a number of competition concerns over New Zealand campervan giant THL’s proposed acquisition of Australian competitor Apollo, saying the tie-up could leave campers paying more to hit the road.
The former CEO of Nuix has shot down the suggestion of pre-trial mediation, which he said was unlikely to resolve his $180 million claim against embattled tech company.
A judge has denied Uber’s attempts to withhold documents in two lawsuits on the basis of legal professional privilege, finding many of the client-lawyer communications were made in furtherance of various offences by the rideshare giant at the centre of a class action lawsuit.
A judge has lashed the “unsatisfactory” lack of cooperation between British automotive distributor Inchcape and Chubb in a $2.3 million dispute over coverage for a cyber attack which caused over $4 million in loss.
A man who said he was falsely accused by a Seven journalist of spitting at the rape victim of former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has sued the broadcaster for defamation.