Barristers

A judge has rejected an “ambitious and novel” freezing order sought by a creditor and former associate of bankrupt Graaf Group founder Gennaro Autore over a $22 million boutique hotel in Potts Point.

A judge has rejected a new pleading that would have upped the damages to $135 million in a case by a shareholder of failed energy company Armour Group alleging law firm Baker McKenzie was knowingly involved in a plan to take control of the company for cheap.

Disgraced barrister Norman O'Bryan will seek to grill two witnesses for the prosecution in a criminal case accusing the former silk of attempting to fraudulently obtain $1.3 million in fees.

A court has foreshadowed a fight between two competing class actions against Google over alleged abuse of market dominance in digital advertising.

The government of India has overturned a finding that it couldn’t dodge a $111.3 million arbitral award in a dispute with three Mauritian companies, with an appeals court finding it did not waive foreign state immunity in the case.  

A judge has approved a $3 million settlement in a class action against Nine over its coverage of litigation related to the 2004 Palm Island riots. 

A class action alleging a pawn shop gave vulnerable customers loans with annual interest rates of 480 per cent has lost contact with its lead applicant and is looking for another, a court has heard. 

An appeals court has overturned a ruling that HWL Ebsworth invalidly expelled a capital partner in 2020 and rejected claims the firm improperly sought to exclude him from a proposed IPO. 

An appeal by publican Feros Group against the Shoalhaven City Council's rejection of its plan to expand a Victorian-era pub has been dismissed by the NSW Land and Environment Court.

Barrister Gina Edwards, who won her defamation case over Oscar the cavoodle, is locked in a fight with Nine and her former solicitor over fees, in what a judge has described as a "dog's breakfast".