Barristers

A judge has found two major Sydney residential developments that are part of the estate of the late Lady Mary Fairfax cannot dodge surcharge land tax.

Hollywood movie giant Warner Bros has lost its opposition to an Australian winemaker's proposed 'Beetlejuice' trade mark.

The judge overseeing an NRL player's case alleging he was forced to wrestle 30 teammates as punishment has expressed concerns the court was “misled” by his lawyers about efforts to procure evidence from other players.

A judge has consolidated two class actions against Insurance Australia over alleged misleading loyalty discounts and rejected the insurer’s objection to the inclusion of documents produced by ASIC in the first-filed case.

ASIC's claim of legal privilege over a solicitor’s notes of an interview with a tech start-up boss involved in the ASX program to replace its CHESS system could be tested under cross-examination, a court has heard.

A group costs order giving class action solicitors a percentage cut of the proceeds of a case is a factor in weighing whether proceedings should be transferred from Victoria to a state in which such an order could not operate, the High Court has ruled.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has been urged not to meddle with a 25 per cent group costs order in a junk insurance class action that settled for $170 million, in what would be the court's second blessing of a law firm contingency fee.

A judge has rejected claims from Super Retail Group's former top lawyer that suppression orders over details of an alleged settlement should be lifted so she can respond to the company's "defamatory" version of events in the media, calling her claims "a bare assertion".

The owners corporation of an apartment complex in Sydney’s north shore can bring claims against a council over several million dollars in alleged defects, despite a four-year delay. 

Developer Bathla has won approval for a 20-storey commercial tower in Blacktown, NSW following a conciliation conference with the council.