Law Firms

Builder Maxcon, financier Maxcap and mortgage broker ACMC are caught up in litigation over certificates of title underlying collapsed developer APH Holding’s $320 million Wellington Health precinct in Melbourne's Box Hill.

K&L Gates has nabbed an energy disputes expert from Charles Russell Speechlys' Singapore office to join its partnership.

Melbourne Water has been hit with a class action by residents of the Rivervue Retirement Village who claim damages from the flooding of the Maribyrnong River three years ago.

Leading renewables developer Atmos has completed one of the sector’s largest green loan portfolio refinancings to date, with the new capital structure set to support expansion of its energy pipeline.

Gold producer Black Cat has won orders for the ASX to produce documents relating to the identity of brokers involved in bids for company shares, with a judge finding it may have claims for market manipulation.

Gilbert + Tobin has recruited a leading cybersecurity lawyer from A&O Shearman, bolstering the firm’s tech and digital offering as clients faced heightened cyber risk.

More than just subjective intention is relevant to the defence of honest concurrent use in trade mark law, non-bank lender Firstmac has told the High Court in its dispute with buy now, pay later giant Zip Co.

A Queensland hospital has lost its bid for the costs of court proceedings against a former executive, with a judge citing an “unfair and unreasonable” press release it published about the case.

A Sydney developer has filed proceedings against the environment minister after a delegate found its proposal to build two towers in Parramatta would have “clearly unacceptable” impacts on views from Australia's oldest public building. 

Former Carlton Football Club president and ex-chief executive of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Luke Sayers, has been sued by his estranged wife for defamation over a lewd social media post that eventually led to his resignation from the football club.