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An ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner who claims he was sacked for complaining about client Lendlease's "aggressive tax position" is seeking pro-bono representation after losing his lawyers.

On the first day of trial in the Tax Office's case against a former EY partner accused of marketing a tax loss access scheme and pocketing $700,000 in the process, the court heard former clients were assured the scheme was "risky but not illegal". 

A Federal Court judge might be called as a witness in accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith's bid for a retrial in his failed defamation case against Nine.

Domain has announced it will recommend shareholders vote to approve a takeover by US real estate company CoStar that values the real estate listing site at $2.8 billion.

The personal information of 16,000 Nine newspaper subscribers has been exposed in a data breach that affected all three of the publisher's major mastheads.

The suspension of Star's NSW casino licence has been extended for a further six months, as the company works to stabilise its finances.

Building materials giant Boral has won a $24.5M grant to significantly reduce CO2 emissions from its cement clinker manufacturing.

The lawyer representing applicants in sexual harassment and discrimination class actions against mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto has said there may be thousands of group members.

Lawyers for a former partner of tax advisory firm Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills will cease to act for him in his case alleging he was sacked for complaining about client Lendlease’s “aggressive taxation position”.