HWL Ebsworth Lawyers

Holding Redlich has hired four Melbourne-based lawyers from HWL Ebsworth, including two partners, to bolster its construction team.

Fitout company Reward Group has lost its challenge to a payment claim adjudication by a subcontractor for refurbishment work on Sydney's luxury Sofitel Wentworth Hotel.

Former Keystone Asset Management director and developer Paul Chiodo is accused of raising more than $1.5 million from unwitting investors for a purported property fund that was secretly used to cover his legal fees in ASIC's enforcement action.

A court has upheld a panel’s determination of the fees payable by media mogul Bruce Gordon’s company Birketu to his former lawyers, following an eight-year dispute.

Former Keystone Asset Management director and developer Paul Chiodo is accused of raising more than $1.5 million from unwitting investors for a purported property fund that was secretly used to cover his legal fees in ASIC's enforcement action.

A banned financial advisor who is suing former employer AMP Financial Planning for alleged unconscionable conduct is seeking to join AMP Bank to the case, claiming it made fraudulent misrepresentations.

A judge has allowed broadcaster Australian Radio Network to use two affidavits filed in settled proceedings by shock jock Kyle Sandilands in defending co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson’s case, finding the affidavits were filed “voluntarily”.

Broadcaster Australian Radio Network has asked a court to use shock jock Kyle Sandilands' evidence in its defence of co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson's $83 million case.

ASIC has raised the prospect of criminal charges linked to the Shield Master Fund, after bringing civil penalty proceedings alleging up to $530 million in retirement savings was used for unauthorised purposes.

Liquidators appointed by the court to five companies behind $130 million worth of construction projects in Brisbane have won more time to bring potential claims while they investigate several matters, including an allegedly “very odd” tax situation.