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The Supreme Court of Victoria has been called out in a report into sexually inappropriate behavior and bullying by judges as an "extremely hierarchical" workplace that has all the risk factors for harassment.
A judge has ordered Shine Lawyers to pay indemnity costs in a side dispute over an “objectionable” subpoena the firm issued five days before trial was set to start in a personal injury case over alleged sexual abuse at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.
A consortium of parmigiano reggiano producers who claim Kraft Foods' 'Kraft parmesan cheese' trade will lead customers to believe the food giant's cheese is made in Italy have taken their fight to the Federal Court.
The NSW gaming regulator has suspended the Star Entertainment Group’s casino license and handed it a $100 million fine after uncovering anti-money laundering breaches and “inherently deceptive” misconduct.
A law firm has lost its bid to appoint a costs referee after reaching a $5.8 million class action settlement with the On The Run convenience store chain, saying it was “hurtful” for a judge to suggest the firm wanted to “maximise its position” over group members.
A judge has questioned a class action firm’s claim that it and its counsel spent 180 hours and $63,000 in fees preparing pleadings in an underpayments class action against supermarket chain Drakes, saying the number of hours was not “reasonable”.
Defence shipbuilder Austal and its CEO have agreed to pay a combined $700,000 in penalties for violating the Corporations Act by failing to notify the market of a US$90 million writeback related to the company's $3.5 billion US Navy warship program.
Retail Food Group has filed an application to shut down a class action by former franchisees of its Michel's Patisserie chain who claim to have suffered losses stemming from changes to the franchise giant's supply chain in 2015 and 2016.
A judge has tossed a broker’s lawsuit against NAB and its former subsidiary FAST, finding the bank was entitled to terminate its accreditation over the use of a banned broker’s trail book.
An appeals court's "radical" approach in the treatment of JobKeeper payments won't be scrutinised by the High Court, which on Friday declined to hear an appeal by IAG in the second set of COVID-19 business interruption test cases.