HWL Ebsworth Lawyers

A court has granted a rare stay over a judgment debt to the developer of a Taringa Coles shopping centre, finding if final judgment comes down in its favour, financially troubled builder Kenik may not be able to repay the funds. 

The Full Court has found insurer Allianz is not liable to indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse at exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar.

A frequent advisor to the Commonwealth and government ministers will join Norton Rose Fulbright’s Canberra office after 13 years at HWL Ebsworth. 

A High Court majority has found self-represented law firms can recover costs for their solicitors’ work, but in dissent two judges said the ruling effectively restored an exception scrapped five years ago.

A judge hearing a discovery spat in a suit by Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources has slashed two affidavits from the company's lawyers, calling them "little more than dogmatic statements".

An appeals court has overturned a ruling that HWL Ebsworth invalidly expelled a capital partner in 2020 and rejected claims the firm improperly sought to exclude him from a proposed IPO. 

The owners of One Central Park in Sydney have struck a deal with the NSW government for more time to replace its Aluminium Composite Panel cladding, which has been largely banned due to fire risk. 

Developer Schofields has won $20 million from the New South Wales government after the state failed to provide an easement or road access to land it owned for more than two years after acquiring a neighbouring lot. 

Some of Australia's biggest law firms were dragged to court in 2024, facing lawsuits -- and even class actions -- by disgruntled clients and aggrieved employees.

A court has dismissed Mt Arthur Coal’s attempt to tender unserved affidavits at trial in a miner's personal injury case, agreeing that it would amount to "trial by ambush".