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A former director of provocative lingerie retailer Honey Birdette has lost a lawsuit against billionaire retail entrepreneur Brett Blundy seeking damages after a relationship breakdown saw her bought out of the firm.
A judge has found a group of insurers defending a $309 million lawsuit over an Australia Pacific LNG project in Central Queensland cannot be represented by two law firms, saying it would not be in the interests of justice.
Building products supplier Wagners has successfully challenged a Queensland Supreme Court judgment ruling in favour of Boral in a high-stakes cement supply dispute between the construction giants.
The receivers for funds manager Equititrust, who are suing the name partners of law firm Tucker & Cowen, have failed in their bid to have further security for costs paid in the form of deeds of indemnity, despite telling the court that funder Vannin might withdraw its support for the litigation.
A court has ordered a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Adani Group to pay more than $106 million to four coal mining companies after finding the mining company engaged in "dishonest behaviour" and misled the court.
Australia’s corporate watchdog has lost its bid to obtain Ashurst’s advice to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group about potentially illegal bank fees “for now”, but a judge has signalled that this may not be the end of the matter.
Ashurst notified Australia and New Zealand Banking Group almost a decade ago about issues relating to its illegal fees, ASIC has told the Federal Court as it fights for documents from the law firm.
ASIC has launched a bid to gain access to legal advice provided by Ashurst to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group in the regulator's case over $35 million in allegedly illegal bank fees.
ANZ has rejected allegations by the financial regulator that $35 million in fees charged to customers for periodical payments between accounts was unlawful, saying the regulator's case extended the scope of false and misleading representation claims.
Two name partners at law firm Tucker & Cowen have lost another attempt to dismiss a case brought against them by the receivers of failed fund manager Equititrust over $17.5 million in funds allegedly obtained by deceptive means.