Lander & Rogers

The super trustee has pointed the finger at third party firms in its defence to an action by ASIC over its offer of the failed First Guardian fund on its investment platform. 

A judge overseeing the Hunter Valley bus crash class action has questioned why “reputable law firms” have failed to comply with discovery orders, and warned he might pull a Hammerschlag and give the applicants everything.

A judge has refused to make an injunction sought by ASIC against Ryzon Materials, finding the regulator is not entitled to constrain a "hypothetical" transaction while it awaits judgment in its case over the company's battery plant representations. 

A court has slapped an injunction on Ryzon Materials to restrain it from a proposed capital reduction, citing concerns it could allow the company to avoid a potential penalty in a case by the corporate regulator.

Piper Alderman has lured a corporate partner from Lander & Rogers to join its Melbourne office.

An architecture firm can maintain its proportionate liability defence in a defects lawsuit over the construction of an aged care facility in Box Hill, with a judge finding it has an arguable case. 

A cabinet maker has been ordered to pay $108,000 in security in a $36 million negligence suit against two law practices who advised on a dispute with a subcontractor over work at La Trobe University.

The University of Melbourne has lost its appeal of a decision ordering it to reinstate an academic who was sacked for allegedly harassing a female colleague.

Industry standards group Meat & Livestock Australia can bring a cross-claim for indemnity against the Agricultural Business Research Institute while defending a case alleging it infringed a patent for inferring bovine gene traits.

Meridian Lawyers has nabbed an insurance litigator from Lander & Rogers who has worked on combustible cladding matters to co-head its professional and financial risk group.