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HWL Ebsworth wins appeal in negligence case over $150M Auto Alley property
Professional Negligence 2024-04-04 11:01 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firm HWL Ebsworth has successfully appealed a decision finding that its negligent advice over property in Parramatta’s ‘Auto Alley’ cost a client $2 million, […]

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High Court to weigh in on reach of sovereign state immunity
High Court 2023-10-20 5:42 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court will consider an exception to the general immunity of foreign states for the first time, as it hears an appeal of a […]

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Zurich rails against ‘exorbitant exercise’ of power in NZ apartment class action
Class Actions 2022-07-06 7:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has appealed a judge’s finding that a class action filed against it in the NSW Supreme Court over a defective New […]

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ACCC’s cartel case against BlueScope years in the making, court told
Cameron Moore 2019-11-01 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

The competition regulator has been probing alleged cartel conduct by steel giant BlueScope for a number of years, counsel for the company told a court […]

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BlueScope avoids criminal cartel charges, but exec accused of obstructing ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-10-08 11:56 am By Christine Caulfield

Prosecutors will not lay charges against BlueScope Steel over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy, but its former general manager of sales faces possible jail time after […]

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Steel giant BlueScope could face criminal charges over alleged cartel
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-09-18 10:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

Prosecutors are weighing criminal charges over alleged cartel conduct the subject of a price-fixing case by the ACCC against BlueScope Steel and former general manager […]

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Corporate cop looks to bolster Rio Tinto case with US evidence from PwC witness
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-09-10 4:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking evidence from US proceedings in its case against Rio Tinto alleging the mining giant misled shareholders about […]

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Top-tier firm must pay $500K to billionaire for negligence over ‘critical omission’
Legal Ethics 2019-08-30 6:21 pm By Amelia Birnie

A top-tier Australian law firm has been ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in damages for professional negligence, after its billionaire client […]

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