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A judge has slammed lawyers for filing “staggering” volumes of documents in an interlocutory skirmish and racking up huge costs, warning the court may need to take "decisive action" to ensure compliance with the Civil Procedure Act.
A judge has questioned the former CEO of Star about a report that contained “startling” information about the casino’s significant junket operator Suncity that linked it to organised crime.
A judge has referred a solicitor to the legal watchdog after he ceased to act without giving the required notice to his client, saying he appeared to have been “dumped” on the eve of a directions hearing.
A former client of Holding Redlich has brought proceedings against the firm over what he says were inadequate fee disclosures.
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A contractor for a proposed $100 million country club near Perth has lost a round in a legal battle that has stalled the project, losing a bid for a freezing order against the landowner.
Facing a grilling at trial in ASIC's money laundering case, Star's former boss has been accused of giving a false account of a conversation he had with the casino operator's head of due diligence.
Ex-Keystone director Paul Chiodo’s company has won more time to file a defence to a new suit by Keystone’s receivers over a failed transaction for the purchase a Marriott Hotel in Italy.
The plaintiff in an unsuccessful class action against Bayer over its Essure contraceptive device wants to see whether she can avoid paying costs in the case before deciding on whether to appeal the loss.
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals is challenging a decision revoking its patent for an injectable version of antipsychotic drug Abilify.
A discrimination class action against AFL by First Nations players, umpires and officials has been given the OK to rejig its pleading, over the vehement protests of the league.