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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.

Collapsed Sydney developer Dyldam has told a court that a liquidator's claim for breach of directors' duties is "hopeless" as the company was under a deed of company arrangement at the relevant time.

The speaker of the legislative assembly of the ACT is seeking to shut down Walter Sofronoff’s legal challenge to a report which found he engaged in serious corrupt conduct in his inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann.

The fact that at least three funders are open to backing a franchisee class action against United Petroleum should doom the class action's opposition to the petrol chain's bid for $2.3 million in security, a court has heard. 

Venture capital fund EVP has secured a $10.4 million freezing order against pharmacy software start-up StrongRoom AI, after the company went into administration last week. 

A class action over alleged botched cosmetic surgeries can drop claims against one surgeon, but the doctor will remain a party so other defendants can point the finger at him.

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.

A judge has thrown out Clive Palmer's lawsuits against former Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair James Shipton after finding the claims had no reasonable prospects of success.

Class actions against Hyundai and Kia over alleged defective anti-lock braking systems could expand "dramatically”, a court has heard, as a contest over competing cases ticks over into a second year.