Most Recent
Herbert Smith Freehills chases United Petroleum for costs over failed IPO dispute
Herbert Smith Freehills has filed proceedings against its former client United Petroleum, seeking costs of successfully defending a lawsuit alleging it acted negligently in relation to the company’s failed initial public offering in 2016. 
ACCC raises red flags over REA Group’s acquisition of Dynamic Methods
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised concerns about the owner of realestate.com.au acquiring a national forms platform used by real estate agents, saying it could “significantly harm competitors”. 
Arbitration clause sending shipping dispute to UK not void, High Court finds
Adani subsidiary Carmichael Rail has lost its High Court challenge seeking to have a dispute over damaged steel rails heard in Australian Federal Court rather than by an arbitrator in London.
Noumi seeks to shield PwC report in privilege fight with ASIC
Noumi has argued a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by its lawyers at Ashurst is protected by legal professional privilege, after the food manufacturer admitted to overstating the value of its inventory and failing to properly disclose its financial position.
Judge vindicates Lisa Wilkinson’s decision to ditch Ten’s legal team
A judge has found that Lisa Wilkinson acted reasonably in ditching Network Ten’s legal team in a defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann, noting the “distrust” between the presenter and her former employer as well as other matters, including a retainer Ten's solicitors had with The Australian newspaper. 
Mazda ordered to pay $11.5M for ‘appalling’ customer service
Mazda has been ordered to pay $11.5 million after a court found the Japanese car maker engaged in "appalling" customer service and misled nine purchasers of defective vehicles about their entitlement to a refund or replacement under the Australian Consumer Law.
High Court grants special leave in Ford class action over PowerShift transmissions
The High Court has granted special to leave to a class action against Ford over allegedly PowerShift transmissions, agreeing to hear the case alongside two appeals in a class action against Toyota that deal with how reduction in value damages should be calculated under the Australian Consumer Law.
SARB scores partial win on appeal in Melbourne city parking patent case
Technology company SARB has partially succeeded in a challenge to a ruling that it infringed a rival's intellectual property in its development of a parking system used by the City of Melbourne, with an appeals court finding a judge made an error in his reading of the claims of one patent at issue.
Deductions to eat up 66% of Wellard shareholder class action settlement
Group members in a shareholder class action against livestock exporter Wellard will get 34 per cent of a $23 million settlement if the court approves deductions sought by the funder and law firm that ran the case.
Lawyer denies she was ’embarrassed’ by sign-off on controversial Logies speech
A senior lawyer at Network Ten has told the court she was not embarrassed by legal advice given to Lisa Wilkinson in relation to her controversial Logies speech and denied she was “utterly ill-equipped” to play a role in Wilkinson’s defence, amid a stoush between the network and the presenter over her legal bill in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case.