Barristers

The corporate cop has won court approval to proceed with a consumer suit against debt manager Solve My Debt, despite the company falling into liquidation.

Suspecting infringement of patents for its Parkinson's drug, Xadago, biopharmaceutical company Newron has won preliminary discovery of documents from generic drug maker Arrotex Pharmaceuticals.

Liquidators for companies in the Dyldam Group have won an extension until early 2027 for further investigation of the defunct developer.

Engineering firm GHD Australia, which has recently been joined to a class action over a bus crash in NSW’s Hunter Valley that killed 10 passengers, has flagged bringing its own cross-claims.

One of 50 subcontractors left unpaid after Victoria's Department of Education nixed three construction project contracts with failed builder Roberts Co (VIC) is set to join in proceedings seeking declarations under a deed of company arrangement. 

A class action against NSW over festival strip searches says the state is attempting, again, to declass the proceeding after the lead applicant was awarded $93,000 in damages.

Nine has asked for more details of celebrity surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis' challenge to the dismissal of his defamation case against the broadcaster, and says 10 days is not enough to hear the appeal.

Engineering firm Calibre can't get minutes of meetings involving Probuild and the owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria to defend itself in $356 million defects suit.

A judge has set aside a SOPA determination after finding a verbal conversation between a developer and a crane supplier did not constitute a construction contract.

Office provider Servcorp may amend a lawsuit against former MLC Centre owner GPT alleging it failed to disclose plans for major redevelopment works on the Sydney CBD high-rise before they signed a lease in 2014.