Amid a dispute over a $52 million mixed-use project in Melbourne, builder LU Simon has secured a court’s approval to pay the developer cash equivalent to two bank guarantees in exchange for return of the security.
Bunnings’ recent success in a privacy case concerning its use of facial recognition technology was only a “narrow victory” and should not be taken as a “green light” to businesses to follow suit, experts have told Lawyerly.
A class action over the planned demolition of public housing towers in inner-city Melbourne has appealed to the High Court, arguing a failure to give notice of the rebuild affected residents’ right to remain in settled social communities.
New lawyers have stepped in to represent Rebel Wilson in defamation proceedings linked to her film ‘The Deb’, after the actress fired her lawyers ahead of a planned hearing last week.
A court has found that Moolarben Coal waived privilege over legal advice given by a Sydney silk in the course of a warranty dispute over a Komatsu haul truck that caught fire.
Kmart is fighting a discovery bid by a representative body for members of the Uyghur ethnic minority, saying there is “no reasonable basis” for believing it misled the public about alleged modern slavery risks in its supply chain.
Fashion retailer City Beach is challenging a $14 million penalty secured by the ACCC in the consumer regulator’s first enforcement action for breaches of button battery safety standards.
Judo Bank has failed to secure an injunction against a disgruntled customer who launched a billboard campaign against it amid a dispute about a loan for a $65 million property.
A leading M&A lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills has made the jump to Ashurst, bolstering the firm’s corporate offering.
Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has been ordered to pay $2.5 million for cybersecurity failures which led to a cyberattack that exposed the data of 18,000 clients, the first penalty of its kind secured by ASIC.