Barristers

Directors of engineering company Clough can't set eyes on evidence in support of a successful examination bid by Forge's liquidator, two months before trial in the liquidator's insider trading case.

General Motors has defeated a class action by Australian car dealers over its decision to retire the Holden brand, with a judge finding the car maker did not breach its agreements.

Macquarie's fight with a NSW credit union -- which saw the bank's 'Macbank' trade mark cancelled because, a delegate found, it had only been used colloquially -- has landed in the Federal Court.   

After a spat over legal expenses in Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case, and a final agreement to accept $1.15 million from Ten to cover the costs, presenter Lisa Wilkinson has lost her bid for more costs.

The founders of carbon credit provider GreenCollar are set to face trial in a case by a company seeking to claw back profits from a business opportunity it says was diverted to other entities in breach of fiduciary duties.

A judge "went off the rails" in finding Worley liable for misleading or deceptive conduct, a lawyer for the engineering services company has said on the first day of an appeal in a shareholder class action.

A court has approved the discontinuance of two class actions against the Northern Territory government over its alleged failure to properly fund essential health and interpreting services in remote Indigenous communities.

The Tax Office has asked the High Court to reverse a landmark ruling that found an unpaid present entitlement to a corporate beneficiary is not a loan under tax law, a decision that affects $50 billion in trust distributions.

A judge has found a $3.7 million error by an adjudicator in a dispute over a $43 million payment claim for work on an apartment complex in Queensland’s Main Beach showed a failure to properly consider the evidence and submissions.

On questioning by a judge, Star's former top lawyer has denied making a mistake by failing to tell the board about issues with junket Suncity in May 2018, but said her view was different now with hindsight.