Law Firms

An appeals court has sided with the state of Victoria on a crucial issue in its case against LU Simon Builders over alleged combustible cladding on Melbourne's Atlantis Towers.

A judge has allowed Perth Airport to amend its case against sublessee Airservices over alleged groundwater contamination from the use of firefighting foam, finding that allowing the airport to describe PFAS chemicals as "potentially toxic" would not render the case ambiguous.

Herberts Smith Freehills has bolstered its real estate group, snagging a Corrs Chambers Westgarth partner with expertise in complex real estate transactions.

Details of a settlement with AIG in a class action by investors in failed Linchpin reveal the insurer has paid out all of a $10 million policy and will hand over another $2.15 million in interest and costs.

The High Court won't hear an appeal by a creditor of collapsed forestry giant Gunns Plantations seeking to toss winding up proceedings brought after it failed to pay back $1.2 million in unfair preferences. 

The CEO of litigation funder Woodsford told a female director to swallow her "pride and ego" and make way for a younger, male collague, a new lawsuit claims.

Westpac is arguing timelines prepared by law firm Allens are privileged and should not be handed over in a shareholder class action over its alleged lax compliance with anti-money laundering laws.

Applicants in class actions against Hyundai and Kia over alleged defective braking will pay the car manufacturers' costs incurred for abandoned appeals, despite arguing the appeals were overtaken by subsequent events.

Tabcorp's ex-boss, who was found to have been forced out over alleged offensive language, says his coerced resignation was inconsistent with a boardroom history of condoning off-colour remarks.

The state of Victoria can't set aside a liquidator's disclaimer over hazardous waste in a property rented by collapsed marine safety flooring company Fordex, with a judge finding the landlord's rights over the property and waste were not terminated by the disclaimer.