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Johnson Winter Slattery lures construction partner from Baker McKenzie
Law firm Johnson Winter Slattery has expanded its building and construction law practice, recruiting an experienced partner from Baker McKenzie to join its Brisbane office.
Slater & Gordon cedes Medibank class action to Baker McKenzie
Slater and Gordon has agreed to consolidate its data breach class action against Medibank with one brought by Baker McKenzie, after the judge overseeing the cases railed against competing class actions.
Arrium lenders file High Court challenge over directors’ loan drawdowns
Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of Arrium have filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court after losing their latest bid to make two directors liable for allegedly misleading them about loan drawdown notices ahead of the steel company's $2.8 billion collapse. 
Network 10 sues ex-political editor Peter van Onselen
Network 10 has dragged its former political editor Peter van Onselen to court for allegedly breaching a clause in a settlement agreement.
Parents of fraudster Melissa Caddick paid $1M to vacate Edgecliff property
The parents of deceased fraudster Melissa Caddick will take $950,000 to move out of a multi-million dollar property in Sydney’s East, which will now be sold by receivers.
Are the courts really plagued by duplicative class actions?
A fed-up judge has vented his frustration with the problem of competing class actions in a move that appears to punish the second filed case against Medibank. But is he right that the courts are increasingly being asked to deal with duplicative proceedings? And was his order really all that drastic?
‘Plagued with competing class actions’: Judge stays latecomer Medibank case for now
A judge aggrieved by the "plague" of competing class actions in the courts has temporarily stayed a second data breach class action against Medibank, and directed the health insurer to ask the privacy commissioner to drop the investigation of a third case.
Lenders of collapsed Arrium lose appeal over directors’ loan drawdowns
Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of failed steel giant Arrium have lost a second attempt to put two of the company's directors on the hook for alleged misleading representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse.
Melissa Caddick’s parents, receivers strike deal over Edgecliff property
The parents and receivers for accused Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick have reached a deal over a multi-million dollar property in Sydney’s East, but the compromise remains to be blessed by out-of-pocket investors.
Medibank defence says data breach class action ‘hopeless’
Private health insurer Medibank has hit back at a class action over a data breach that affected close to 10 million customers, describing the claims as “hopeless.”