HWL Ebsworth Lawyers

Developer Holdmark has won an appeal of a council's refusal to allow a site at Macquarie Park in Sydney to be subdivided, paving the way for the development of a new Macquarie Technology data centre.

Scenic Tours Australia has denied it provided services to international passengers, in a class action over a 2018 European cruise where river levels dropped so low they became impassable. 

The wife of a Dubai investor who is accused of failing to repay a $10.7 million debt over a "highly unusual" airport investment proposal has been hit with a third-party freezing order, after the court heard that she received $1.2 million from her husband's business.

An energy, mining and resources expert has joined the Squire Patton Boggs partnership after a three-year stint at HWL Ebsworth.

HWL Ebsworth might rely on expert evidence to show it acted reasonably in its representation of the Commonwealth in a $2.45 million settlement with Brittany Higgins, a deal at the centre of a suit by ex-defence minister Linda Reynolds.

A court has granted the corporate regulator leave to proceed with a lawsuit against collapsed advisory firm MWL Financial for advising clients to invest $114 million in their super into Keystone’s failed Shield Master Fund. 

The tax office has won the appointment of special purpose liquidators to entities behind a number of Queensland construction projects, as it seeks to claw back a claimed $16 million debt.

Octet Finance has won a $38,000 judgment against the ex-CFO of defunct pie maker Mrs Mac’s, with a court finding he failed to correct a statement that the trade financier would likely be repaid in full following a $4 million recapitalisation.

HWL Ebsworth chief executive partner Russell Mailler has resigned from his role after 14 years at the law firm, the last two at the helm.

A local council in Queensland  has won its appeal of a decision which found a Moreton Bay property owner, whose land was slated to be acquired by the council, can recover more than just legal costs.