Barristers

A judge has stayed a judgment under the Security of Payment Act, finding that “exceptional circumstances” were not needed to justify such an order in light of a recent judgment that issued a rare stay of a SOPA determination.

The owners corporation of a 36-unit apartment block in North Sydney that has been locked in a long-running fight with the developers over defects has won $2.5 million after the parties settled on the eve of the trial.

Cosmetic surgeon Dr Daniel Lanzer wants to strip a case of class action status, arguing claims he and other doctors passed themselves off as plastic surgeons were not suitable for a group proceeding. 

Former NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees was able to charge $165 million in fees for paying adviser commissions after conflicted remuneration was banned in 2016, an appeals court has ruled. 

The Toowoomba Council has asked the High Court to overturn a ruling which found that a 4,000-space car park it operates at the Grand Central shopping centre, where its employees are allowed to park, qualifies as a commercial parking station that is subject to tax. 

A developer linked to Keystone Asset Management has failed to persuade the Full Federal Court to exempt three family trusts from a $158 million freezing order.

The embattled construction union has a new administrator following the resignation of Mark Irving SC last month, an official "uncompromising" in the face of illegal conduct, the workplace umpire said Friday.

The law firm running a class action against Harvey Norman has won a 30 per cent group costs order, with a judge noting the trend towards “gradual increases” in contingency fee rates. 

A Qube unit and a developer have lost their bid to revive a $20 million suit against the Department of Defence over asbestos contamination at the Moorebank Intermodal Precinct, with an appeals court finding the department wasn't required to return the land to "pristine" condition.

Zip Co has reached an agreement to acquire the 'Zip' trade mark from non-bank lender Firstmac, after the High Court rejected its honest concurrent use defence last week.