Barristers

In reply submissions filed with the High Court, a class action against Homes Victoria over the demolition of public housing towers in Melbourne says residents had no real choice but to vacate and slams the government's attempts to minimise the impact of its decision.

A builder has been ordered to pay owners of a Cremorne house $1.25 million in damages over defective renovations.

Former NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees has urged the High Court to reject a special leave application in a failed class action over $165 million in conflicted remuneration, saying the appeal is highly fact-specific and doesn't raise a matter of public importance.

A judge has rejected environmental group Save Wallum’s lawsuit against the developers of a housing estate in Brunswick Heads, finding the group failed to prove the development was likely to have a significant impact on threatened species.

A judge has signed off on a partial settlement in a class action brought by the owners of lots in an allegedly shoddy townhouse development in Sydney.

The National Basketball League has succeeded in staying preliminary discovery proceedings by the Illawarra Hawks and Melbourne Phoenix basketball clubs, with a judge finding their licence agreement contained a broad dispute resolution clause.

The University of Melbourne has lost its appeal of a decision ordering it to reinstate an academic who was sacked for allegedly harassing a female colleague.

Steel trader Macsteel International has won an injunction barring its former chief financial officer from disclosing or using its confidential information, after he downloaded almost 10,000 documents containing sensitive information. 

A former partner at BlackBay Lawyers has settled his dispute with the Sydney defamation firm.

Privately-owned oil and gas exploration company Timor Resources has filed proceedings against its founder and the company's accountant, seeking access to deleted emails and Whatsapp messages.