Events

The High Court has declined a special leave application from a former HWL Ebsworth partner seeking to undo a finding that his age-related expulsion from the partnership did not run afoul of the Equal Opportunity Act.

A judge has stayed engineering firm Clough’s $54 million cross-claim against its former joint venture partner on the EnergyConnect transmission project, Elecnor, saying the claim must be sent to arbitration.

A law firm has launched a class action investigation into the standard of care at child care centres across the country, following reports of widespread failures to meet legal standards in the increasingly privatised industry. 

Red Bull has won its opposition to a Chinese beverage manufacturer’s bid to register 'SeaBull' as a trade mark for non-alocoholic drinks, with an IP Australia delegate finding the mark is deceptively similar to Red Bull's.

The High Court has granted special leave applications by labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, seeking to toss their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.

A judge has sent to the Full Federal Court Medibank’s fight to shield Deloitte reports into a data breach, raising concerns about how evidence from a solicitor and the health insurer's inhouse lawyer was previously treated. 

The Valuer-General of Victoria has won a High Court appeal against developer WSTI Properties over a $2.9 million valuation for a heritage property in Melbourne, which centred on the meaning of an “improvement” to the land. 

A judge has granted Shaw & Partners' bid for preliminary discovery for a possible suit against an advisor that jumped ship to Solomons Wealth Management.