Law Firms

Mills Oakley has hired two new partners for its financial services and national property teams.

The High Court has shot down NSW Forestry’s challenge to a decision which found it can be sued by an environmental group for allegedly breaching environmental laws.

A UK-based litigation funder has been hit with a lawsuit by its Australian director and head of origination claiming dismissal in breach of the Fair Work Act.

The litigation funder behind a class action against engineering firm CIMIC took a $4.7 million hit to its commission from a settlement after a dispute with the plaintiff's law firm, according to a decision published Friday.

A group of Australia’s leading beef and dairy companies has failed to strike-out a suit alleging their genetic testing system for cattle infringes the patent of a US genomics company, with a judge rejecting objections to the phrase ‘further or in the alternative’.

Two NSW Liberal Party members have brought a class action after party officials failed to lodge their nomination forms for local government seats in the 2024 elections.

Advisory firm Perpetual has lost its bid for an injunction against a former senior advisor after 22 of his long-time clients tried to follow him to a rival firm. 

Granting an appeal by native title holders, the High Court has found that a ‘connection’ with relevant land need not be demonstrated by physical acts.

Lendlease has vowed to appeal its failed bid to enforce a $120 million purchase agreement for five plots of land in Campbelltown, saying it could face a $100 million write-off if unsuccessful.

A Sydney lawyer has been hit with a one-year ban after a tribunal found he acted in a personal capacity for a friend in a $70 million property deal but falsely represented that he was acting for his employer.