RAMS franchisees have called out the Westpac unit for “old school litigation,” as they seek information about alleged anomalies in home loan applications that led to the nixing of their franchise agreements.
The legal watchdogs in three states have issued a guidance on the ethical use of AI, recommending that lawyers only use the technology for “lower-risk” tasks like drafting correspondence.
Pauline Hanson’s argument that Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi should have brought her discrimination case in a cheaper jurisdiction has not persuaded the Federal Court.
Law firm Lander & Rogers has advised property investment company JY Group on its successful $135.5 million bid for a 50 per cent stake in Sydney shopping centre Warriewood Square.
The owners of Australian fashion label Alemais have lost their bid to flip a historic Paddington pub into a retail shopfront, with a court accepting evidence about the pub’s contribution to Sydney’s “social fabric”.
Allens has advised a syndicate of 11 banks on a $2.3 billion financing facility for Spanish energy giant GPG to develop a suite of renewable energy assets in Australia.
The High Court has been asked to weigh in on when a judge’s copying and pasting from submissions in a judgment crosses a line, a critical issue given the “systemic issues of resourcing” in Australian courts.
A court has found that investment mentoring firm The Property Mentors made misleading statements to investors about the estimated timeframe and returns of a failed development in Perth.
AMP has won its bid for more information on a class action’s allegations that it charged excessive insurance premiums, saying the applicant appeared to be “in search of a case”.
A law firm is challenging an order that it pay $5.4 million in a class action against Macquarie Leasing as security for the lender’s costs, saying concerns about its borrowing capacity were “theoretical and speculative.”