Law Firms

Tabcorp has settled a lawsuit by a former CEO who alleged his coerced resignation over alleged offensive language was inconsistent with a boardroom history of condoning off-colour remarks.

A judge did not need to recuse himself from deciding the penalty in ASIC's case against Sunshine Loans because his earlier adverse credit findings — far from giving rise to bias concerns — were relevant to the task, the regulator has told the High Court.

Shine Lawyers has come under fire from a judge, after the firm filed an application to materially vary a 24.5 per cent group costs order in a settled shareholder class action against EML Payments.

The Commonwealth has been hit with a class action on behalf of thousands of Indigenous people living in remote areas who took part in the “discriminatory and unjust” Work for the Dole program.

A residential land lease community in NSW's Central Coast must repay residents for a fee hike after a tribunal ruled the contractual term providing for the increase involved “double dipping” to account for inflation.

Intrapac unit Brencorp has filed a suit against Casey Group, alleging the rival property developer devised an “underhand” deal to swindle it out of the acquisition of a golf club in southeast Melbourne.

Developer Robert Filippini is appealing a ruling that granted the liquidators for Keystone Asset Management's expanded freezing orders of up to $158 million in assets as well as two family trusts and four luxury cars. 

A judge has ordered the NSW government to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip searches at music festivals, finding a “conspicuous deficiency” in the training of officers. 

Property valuer M3 Property has denied claims that its lease valuations were incorrect and led to tenants of Adelaide's Rundle Mall being overcharged and says that if it is found liable, brokers CBRE and JLL should be on the hook as well.

ANZ can't call its former group chief risk officer — now a strategic advisor for Clayton Utz — to give evidence as it defends a whistleblower case by former trader Etienne Alexiou.